Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Heian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of emerald and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished greatsword as well. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

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

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and very much looks the part of a Dyer. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student he started as a Merchant, but he got bored and became a Dyer. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and elven compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his black hair up. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is short and golden. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Azaki and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 160 pp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).