Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is red and curly. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the north. Heian was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bellfounder. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small grey clips. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 7000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with tan highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes, and carries shortbows. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local bricklayer

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 18000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A freak accident while working with her Tailor father left her crippled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insane. Occupation: Server

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1500 pp. Eye agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Jet (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Laucian embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Gold and ruby ring (9000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it, and she perpetually has her dagger ready. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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 several months after her mother was called into army service. When Verin reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears bulky violet painted plate armor. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the north to a Engraver, Beatrice learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Recently the stress of being a Engraver has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Amber (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Banded agate (5 gp).