Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of a Fortune-teller, who enjoyed hunting, Heian was taken on many hunting expeditions. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Heian has worked very hard to control his curse. He bought a falchion and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a yellow wide-brimmed hat and yellow clothes. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Nim was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

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

Possessions: 160 pp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this southern man is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his small tan hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a Sculptor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Naeris 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. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp.