Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Heian was born the youngest of three triplets. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has a crush on the local spice merchant

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Caeldrim was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Jet (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a white tunic with yellow highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2100 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: He wears bulky tan painted plate armor, and carries greataxes. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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. Aerdeth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1700 gp.