Description: Runty and weak-looking, he has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His white hair is knotted and matted. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his shield, marred by beers. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Heian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 pp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man very much looks the part of a Navigator. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black hair up. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He got into the Navigator business at a young age. 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 Navigator. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Sage again.

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Thervan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.