Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Bricklayer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Heward will drive conversation. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has blue eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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 Guard. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, green shirt, and yellow tie. His hair is chestnut and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Hugh 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2300 sp.