Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Nim speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Nim enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's in love; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 pp. Black pearl (200 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Amber (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. After coming to the age of reason, Varis took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 pp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Sard (40 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Erdan was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 pp. White opal (400 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Jet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Zircon (60 gp).