Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a yellow coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Mason, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1300 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has wavy red hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is a Fisher first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Thervan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the north. Thervan was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Tanner. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Naill hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a green suit. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Beggar, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rose (70 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).