Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He takes great joy in being the best Ruler in town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Heian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He became a Ruler soon after.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Emotional, Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Amber (130 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Extrovert, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Sard (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Black opal (1300 gp).