Description: This tall, slender man wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and black handkerchief worn on his right side. He has wavy yellow fur. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Cloud lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Marshal work with an outfit from a few towns over. Marshal work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Amber (130 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Coral (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp).

Description: He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Nuraval is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 60 pp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 32. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brass crest is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1200 gp.