Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heian was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. She carries with her a set of lances, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears blue trousers with violet and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Sellsword, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this southern woman wears bulky green painted plate armor. She wears her green crest up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Miner. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She tends to her Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2300 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: An older man who likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants, he is not a threatening figure. His silver crest is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

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. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his brown hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is content.

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1200 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.