Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, violet cloak, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Heian grew up listening to his father's many stories. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: In love, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears professional attire. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He got into the Baker business at a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Beiro took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He struck the Baker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40000 cp. Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is long and black with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soveliss hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He struck the Weaver job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and many goblins want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is silver and very short. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Jasper (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.