Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, tan shirt, and white tie. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. Being a Marshal 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arannis 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 Arannis. Being a Miner 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 seems to be bored by most things; and 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: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Aust was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green tunic with tan highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes and is in decent physical shape. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the north to a Slave Trader, Tharivol learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His hair is short and golden. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Varis 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. Varis decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Being a Layabout 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 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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).