Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear tan tank tops with white pants. His hair is white and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Ulfgar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dull tan sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greataxe, just in case. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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 end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Faran hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to be a courier again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 3'4" northern man, he wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes. His tied-back hair is auburn. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Banker and was forced into it by his family; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 24000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is always cut to a buzz. 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 unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Iolite (50 gp).