Description: She dresses like a well dressed Courier does. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired her part-time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her childhood dream was to be a Banker, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 20 pp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Hugh and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has shaved her head bald. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).