Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a grey coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She is an epitome of beauty. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Heian was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Heian decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Junk Dealer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Animal Trainer, but he got bored and became a Ruler. 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: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20 gp. White pearl (70 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tattered old clothes, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Burto hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a great chef.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 sp.