Description: 4'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears his brown hair up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Mary lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Addict, Fearful, Secretive, Greedy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is silver and very short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She sports auburn long hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born in the east. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Herbalist and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2600 gp. Silver ewer (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'9" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for him, and Heian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.