Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has auburn hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Rael hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. 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: Money/treasure; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His hair is red and curly. 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 is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Azaki is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Aust is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Aust was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp.