Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Karg was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He is greedy; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: 3'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears just a tan suit. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 4'9" eastern woman, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with brown slacks. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: Standing 5'11", this woman very much looks the part of a Merchant. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: The child of a Apothecary, who enjoyed hunting, Katherine was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Katherine alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 350 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Jet (70 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple blue robe with violet stripes complete with hood. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is silver and curly. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered blue hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She got into the Tanner business at a young age. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Tanner job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Miner again.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in the north to a Bricklayer, Bruz learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He struck the Bricklayer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).