Description: This northern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Heian was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Priest. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 120000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island 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 island due to the painful memories there. Aust took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up mace and armor he uses now. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears a red collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Banded agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Jet (140 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: He wears just a green suit. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 900 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rael 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 Rael. Being a Painter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp).