Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His white hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is lengthy. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a red vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Courier business.

History: Hupe was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available he will default to his spear. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

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 can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her crest is white and curly. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Engraver 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: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her hair is short and white. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Orsik was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Jasper (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Emerald (400 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she tends to wear a large pastel jacket. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born into a rich family. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a long, white cloak. She wears her white hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 160 gp.