Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is silver and curly. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Heian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heian was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing a long, tan cloak. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. 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: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Berrian lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Berrian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears a pastel tunic with violet highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes, he is not a threatening figure. His orange fur is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but he was a colossal failure. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has shaved her head bald. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of a Jeweler, who enjoyed hunting, Avice was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears a fancy tan dress. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her feathered tan hat.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student she started as a Tailor, but she got bored and became a Dilettante. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Glim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 240 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the east. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She sports silver long hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. When Torgga reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).