Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Heian was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 pp. Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a green vest and prefers black and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his copper crest down. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Valorean will drive conversation. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the west to a Scribe, Valorean learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Scribe job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rose (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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: Born in the south to a Cartwright, Myev learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 26000 sp. Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her green crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dentratha was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Armorer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is typically in his Barber uniform. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gifted student he started as a Junk Dealer, but he got bored and became a Barber. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Dilettante they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Dyer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Moss agate (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Holy water.