Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Heian is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with tan slacks. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahvain studied abroad. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Sard (50 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1600 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His black hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the south to a Bowyer, Adran learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Adran 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 has achieved small success as a Bowyer.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp.