Due to the concept of the game, all characters in Honors Hand must have some kind of Asian connection. I don't really care what it is but it must be present. For example:

• They could be Asian, or half Asian, or something.
• They or their family lived there for many years.
• They work for an Asian company and they have very strong ties to it.
• They visited Asia and "something" happened to them while they were there.
• Their great-great grandfather was friends with one and owed him a debt of service, which was never collected.
• Or something else, be creative.

Lastly, all characters should have a sense of honor and service. This is important because they will be asked to effectively give up whatever kind of a life they thought they had. If they were not the sorts of people that could at least learn to cope with that then they wouldn't have be asked.