I am running a 3.5 campaign. The characters are now 15-16th level. So far they have experienced quite a bit, have traveled extensively and made contacts and connections. Their next adventure is about to be of a political/military nature. What I need is templates of military leaders and high officers, as well as various nobility.
The PC's must try to bring order and focus into a bee's nest of political backstabbing. The PC's are about to face a political summit that takes place in a land area (former Sembia, Forgotten Realms) now plagued by civil war, and threatened by an external force. Even more trouble brews on the far horizon in form of infernal hordes.
I am after quirks, mentalities, physical descriptions, anything I can to make all these different NPC's able to come to life. This part of the campaign will span over some time (likely several years ingame, so a political/military contact gained can be worth much if played correctly (Think Game of Thrones)).