Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is chestnut and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Jade (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Animal Trainer profession.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has a hunchback. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp).

Description: 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 cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Aramil 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 uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aramil was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit 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 done his best to style his silver crest to look like a famous performer. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He's also a talented Locksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Locksmith again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 350 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 3 Holy water.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her brown hair is still thick. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by chocolates. She has no hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Elysande was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. After a long history of fighting, Elysande and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp.