Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has brown hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Heian was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She takes great joy in being the best Animal Trainer in town.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. 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 Animal Trainer. She struck the Animal Trainer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has no hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 130 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her long red crest kept up in a rat tail. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Jeweler business.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Megren and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 390 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.