Description: This late middle aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. His head has been shaved. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1500 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Adran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Flaws: Mundane, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'9", this man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead 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 feeds upon the attention of others.

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. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears an entirely violet suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He bought a morningstar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.