Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with pastel slacks. He is physically well-built. His black hair is still thick. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This malnourished woman is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She sports auburn long hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ilga studied abroad. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Being a Ruler kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 340 gp. Fire opal (500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His purple hair is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Kairon hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 50 pp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Armorer. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 10000 cp. Sard (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with green slacks. His scarlet crest is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fletcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 60000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Katherine is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Katherine hails from a village terrorized by illithids. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Katherine was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. 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. Thervan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She bought a crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).