Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. He wears his brown hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Jade (50 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Coral (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Jade (50 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.