Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'10". He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A true patriot, Heian would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Heian was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Soapmaker. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Azurite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is short and black. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Doctor and found it very stressful. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears a blue shirt, with a violet mid length shorts with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Scribe. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).