Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Rolf was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is short and golden. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dean studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20000 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a tan scarf. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Roland was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Coral (140 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Balimaar 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: Balimaar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 180 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).