Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Born in the south to a Miller, Heian learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Paelias enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Paelias 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 Paelias. 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries greatswords. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Theriatis will drive conversation. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jade (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp.