Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heian studied abroad. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries a battered scythe and tarnished shortspear as well. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad green hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Efferil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Efferil's homeland. Efferil decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 pp. Amber (120 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Godfrey was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Hematite (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.