Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and black handkerchief worn on his right side, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Shoemaker, but he got bored and became a Courier. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Conrad is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Crown-heir profession.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Star rose quartz (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Good lock.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manfred grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 34000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Debt, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.