Description: He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Baern was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Sage, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To protect his home; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Shepherd uniform. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. 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 likes to make people angry or surprised. 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 was born in the east. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has worked as a Shepherd like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arnold studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 12000 sp. Moss agate (7 gp). Jade (110 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: This man wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He has done his best to style his blue crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Valorean took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor he uses now. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Valorean never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80000 cp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'7". He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His head has been shaved. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.