Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has wavy golden hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Heian is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Black pearl (1000 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: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, violet shirt, and grey tie. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Suhnae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 8000 gp. Amber (150 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Cook does. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Purban isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cook business.

History: Purban was born with his mother's beautiful face. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He became a Cook soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Eye agate (15 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rose (80 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thiala was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'4" when asserting himself. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Adventurer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His crest is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears professional attire. He has styled his blue crest well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 pp. Jasper (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Amber (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.