Description: He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'4" when asserting himself. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

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. A gifted student he started as a Mayor, but he got bored and became a Body Guard. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. The war was a terrible time for him, and Heian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has green eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 230 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears just a grey suit. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mason. She became a Mason soon after.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 sp.