Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is red and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Thar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 50 gp. Peridot (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her red crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He tends to his Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 sp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is physically well-built. His red hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Griselda was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Griselda alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.