Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shoemaker profession.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has wavy blonde hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 58. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Aldous liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp).