Description: This late middle aged man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. In his youth he was a Bather, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 110 pp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Courier. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ermina does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Ermina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ermina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He wears his silver hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90000 cp. Violet garnet (1100 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He has black eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Andram grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.