Description: A 5'3" western man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Heian grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Heather lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Marshal. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and rapiers. She has shaved her head bald. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mara does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She became a Marshal soon after.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Nala is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nala was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Amethyst (150 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.