Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, black cloak. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Rose (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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, Varis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp).