Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears just a brown suit. He has a hunchback. His red hair is long and unkept. He has green eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Through the years after Heian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Heian's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Painter

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

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Gardener work with an outfit from a few towns over. Gardener work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Job, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Immeral was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Greedy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1300 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. He became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: To protect his home; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 8000 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).