Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born into a rich family. Through the years after Heian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Heian's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1600 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tan tunic with grey highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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 to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (7 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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 got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. Theren 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. Theren 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 struck the Blacksmith job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has wavy red hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a Bellfounder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He struck the Bellfounder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bellfounder responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp). Amber (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Onyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.