Description: This man is very fat, and wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Heian 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 takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Carter for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Masseuse who has hired him part-time. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: This man wears an entirely white suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Himo was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 Bellfounder. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a black vest and prefers green and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the south to a Bather, Nutae learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.