Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Rose (30 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Heian hails from a village terrorized by brigands. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Heian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 90 pp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a large green jacket. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. At a young age his mother died while driving off some dire rats. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in sword use. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarion fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished sai as well. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 50 pp. Jet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).