Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a violet shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. His auburn hair is still thick. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He tends to his Banker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 pp. Moss agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Jade (150 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Amber (150 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: Dayereth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Aelar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.