Description: This man wears brown trousers with tan and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alex grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears just a white suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is cut close to his head. 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 takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black opal (1200 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished greataxe as well. Her white hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sorath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gifted student she started as a Ploughman, but she got bored and became a Performer. She has worked as a Performer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1700 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times, marred by beers. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 pp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Coral (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear flannel. He has done his best to style his dark red hair to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1600 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Coral (50 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a very tight haircut. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Actor for the past few years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Jet (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Azurite (15 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Jade (120 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Jet (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Rose (60 gp).