Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. He got money to start a business from the gang present in town. He is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'9" and wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Nimble was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nimble decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. His scarlet crest is singed and shortened. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Mreksh and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Knight arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Hematite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a pastel tunic with blue highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Sard (40 gp).