Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Heian embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Heian grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. After a long history of fighting, Heian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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 mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After months of barely getting by, Hadarai managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 900 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shoemaker, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Riardon 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 Riardon. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).