Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears professional attire. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise blue.

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. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Heian was born with his father's beautiful face. Through the years after Heian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Heian's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 pp. Red spinel (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Azurite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His blonde hair is lengthy. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Through the years after Paelias was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Paelias's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naill 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 Naill. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. He has moderate length silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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-sister.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tailor and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fisher business.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).