Description: A middle-aged man, he wears just a violet suit, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is portly but not overly obese. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sensual and smooth

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

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears just a pastel suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30000 cp. Black pearl (600 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is cut short. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has moderate length red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.