Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Aramil abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 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 chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 56. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 sp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His hair is chestnut and very short. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with violet slacks. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: He was raised in a desert tribe. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 pp. Red spinel (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Coral (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.