Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His golden hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Lucan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Black pearl (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a sickle on his belt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 26000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp).