Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His silver hair is cut short. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Heian will drive conversation. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. 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 became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is black and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears a green vest and prefers violet and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is physically well-built. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length red crest. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40 pp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Amber (150 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has wavy red hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Leshanna was born the youngest of three triplets. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing a long, black cloak. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shipwright and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.