Description: This woman very much looks the part of a Courier, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her dark red hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

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

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has done her best to style her copper crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Chassath enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Doctor for the past few years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a large violet jacket. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a great chef.

History: Jocelyn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bowyer who has hired her part-time. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mortician. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's in love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. She wears her black hair up. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. The war was a terrible time for him, and Oblar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. To her fellows she 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: Shautha hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Shautha alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Shautha was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is black and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Buckler.