Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Heian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Heian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a large green jacket. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Quarion enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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, Azaki is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Azaki was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 pp.