Description: He wears dull black sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 210 pp. Azurite (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his spear ready. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dayereth 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 Dayereth. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Heian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Heian's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Animal Trainer 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 pp. Peridot (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". He dresses like a well dressed Crown-heir does, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Uthemar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He became a Crown-heir soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.