Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He usually wears his red robe and has his bow always slung over his shoulder. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Being a Sailor 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: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 290 pp. Malachite (14 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His hair is short and brown. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Eiravel was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eiravel 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 Eiravel. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miner they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Gardener, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To be a Sellsword again.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and grey robe with the hood down. He carries with him a set of whips on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: This eastern man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair 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: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Heian was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Weaver. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp.