Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Arannis was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Revenge; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with 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. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.