Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears long strands of topaz and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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: Retire the richest man in the south; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 gp. Coral (140 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'8" and wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white crest is lengthy. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Ghesh enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Eye agate (13 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. 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 is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2500 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Emerald (700 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: The child of a Locksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Umpen was taken on many hunting expeditions. Umpen was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Doctor. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 sp. Malachite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Roland was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 110 gp. 2 Smokesticks.