Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His tied-back hair is red. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Engraver first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: John was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'4" and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Lance hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. Lance enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. After coming to the age of reason, Lance took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His hair is white and very short. He has a tattooed face.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Performer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the west. His first spouse was a Cook, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.