Description: This eastern man wears a fancy tan suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Heian hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 pp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: He wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'8" when asserting himself. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Naeris enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Naeris was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 90000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Seamstress for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.