Description: This dark-skinned male wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Heian 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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Glassblower, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When Galinndan reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she very much looks the part of a Barkeep. She has wavy beige fur. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the east to a Barkeep, Aura learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her first spouse was a Shipwright, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barkeep for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Red garnet (130 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her warhammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is an epitome of beauty. She has slicked back white hair. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Spy. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of a Barrister, who enjoyed hunting, Keyleth was taken on many hunting expeditions. After coming to the age of reason, Keyleth took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She bought a warhammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: 6'10" and muscular, this western man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a very tight haircut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the west. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a very tight haircut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Eberdeb is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: Gunnloda was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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 south. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries with her a set of swords on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Hatae was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. 5 Acid flasks.