Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A 5'10" eastern man, he has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His hair is long and white with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Gilbert was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man wears just a black suit. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shane studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. 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 is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dustin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Dustin was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. He has taken up work as a Tanner and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.