Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Good lock.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: William was born with his father's beautiful face. His first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is short and white. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Courier business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Geoffrey was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has wavy golden hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Balimaar 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. 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: To reunite with his old friends; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 sp.