Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a Weaver, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Seere was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. She became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 12. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She takes great joy in being the best Unemployed in town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and expand her business

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 90 gp.