Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Heward 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 is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an entirely brown suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a longsword on his belt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Family, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a great chef.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 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; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp. White pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Black opal (700 gp).