Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. He became a Body Guard soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this western man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Erdan was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Erdan's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Azurite (5 gp).