Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He is an epitome of beauty. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. Through the years after Eldon was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Eldon's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Lazy. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Igden lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She wears a green collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has done her best to style her scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 pp. Moss agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp).