Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shepherd business.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. He tends to his Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this western man sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He uses divination through singing.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 120 pp. Moss agate (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is short and blonde. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Soapmaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Hadarai 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. Hadarai abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Amber (120 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. 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: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for him, and Mindartis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a simple red robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a great chef.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and 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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2600 gp.