Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Kerkad was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Slave Trader. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in the east to a Fortune-teller, Heian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His gold crest is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He tends to his Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). White opal (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.