Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Naeris was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 12000 sp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Hematite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses like a well dressed Actor does. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His tied-back hair is silver. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He got into the Mayor business at a young age. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He tends to his Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2100 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (9 gp).