Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Heian is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Sard (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Coral (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on his left side, marred by sweets. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mindartis isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mindartis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. 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 currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 36000 sp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.