Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Lance was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 240 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is red and curly. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a great chef.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Taklinn 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: Born in the north to a Tailor, Taklinn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. His fur is cut close to his head. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Smoking was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Courier job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.