Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. A true patriot, Heian would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 140 pp. Malachite (14 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 pp. Moonstone (80 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 Laborer. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Laborer for hire.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This southern man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Sculptor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp).