Description: This man wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady black eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Nicor lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a spear on his belt. He has a hunchback. He has moderate length red hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alvyn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bookbinder, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. His blue hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: He wears a violet costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished greatsword as well. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: To be a Adventurer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.