Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears a violet wide-brimmed hat and violet clothes. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mason. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He wears his white hair down. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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 son.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His first spouse was a Gardener, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Peren is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Naal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naal 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 Naal. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He usually wears his violet robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Raer alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.