Description: He tends to wear a large green jacket. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to be a priest again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He refers to his adoptive father 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: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Heian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by his family; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rose (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a tan coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His hair is silver and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Jet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the east. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 12000 sp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His black hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Naeris was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.