Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a grey tunic with white highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has slicked back auburn hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat and is in decent physical shape. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is in excellent shape and has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Grigi fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A 4'8" northern woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The war was a terrible time for her, and Verin does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Being a Mercenary 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: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and grey pants. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Traki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears professional attire. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Gimgen was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Katherine's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Gifted from a young age, Katherine studied abroad. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).