Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has a hunchback. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Skamos fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an entirely red suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Bhevek is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bhevek studied abroad. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She wears baggy red pantaloons and a white scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born in the south. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a black costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He has no crest. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Knight. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for him, and Torinn does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 cp. Onyx (20 gp).