Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a very tight haircut. His ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bricklayer born in the past three hundred years. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 14000 cp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and longbows. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Blacksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Nicholas was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Cory is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An older man who is typically in his Laborer uniform, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He has achieved small success as a Laborer.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 cp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Azurite (9 gp).