Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Heian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Sard (60 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Jade (40 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes and is in decent physical shape. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miller.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and revenge

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and human compassion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1400 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His gold crest is heavily combed to the left. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a Soapmaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'1". He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and balancing his hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her silver hair is well kept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He usually wears his black robe and has his shortbow always slung over his shoulder. He has styled his blue hair well, parting it to the left. His white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Forcas was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Apothecary. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1200 gp. Sard (20 gp).