Description: He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and kukris. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70000 cp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Halimath grew up listening to his father's many stories. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is white and very short. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: Thervan was born with his father's beautiful face. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.