Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Arnold does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Through the years after Arnold was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Arnold's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a violet collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Crown-heir for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with blue slacks. He wears his white hair down. 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 will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'11" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. After months of barely getting by, Aldous managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.