Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear flannel. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Heian hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and grey pants. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the west to a Farmer, Verin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's in love

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's in love; and she has a crush on the local marshal

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 120 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears his black hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.