Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he usually wears his pastel robe and has his warhammer always slung over his shoulder. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Being a Brewer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100000 cp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a sickle on his belt. He has a hunchback. He has wavy white hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is long and red with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a white vest and prefers tan and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

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 is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.