Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Heian was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, marred by beers. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Theriatis took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3100 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 gp.