Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He likes to wear violet tank tops with white pants. His hair is silver and very short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the west. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Weaver, but he got bored and became a Ruler. He struck the Ruler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2900 sp. Amethyst (50 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Solomon wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Solomon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is red and curly. 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 hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (160 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). White pearl (160 gp).

Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alex does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.