Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Carter uniform. His hair is long and brown with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Being a Carter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears bulky green painted plate armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Elysande is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in a small plains village. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp.