Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Heian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Jet (60 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his black hair up. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in the east. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a crush on the local barber

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'0" southern man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his chestnut hair up. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His childhood dream was to be a Herbalist, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Farmer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bookbinder they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Scribe, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.