Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a red tunic with tan highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His hair is brown and curly. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Heian is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

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

Possessions: 400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.