Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Kody hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is an amazing painter.

History: Kody lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. 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: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: He is a husky 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. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Clerebold is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Clerebold was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Clerebold's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a green and pastel robe with the hood down. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

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. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Mayor and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 sp.