Description: Standing 4'8", this man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is singed and shortened. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Sard (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.