Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'11" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses like a well dressed Barkeep does. His hair is blonde and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Barkeep but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Aelar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Barkeep. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Aelar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp).