Description: He sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

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. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Gerard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, 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 green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He takes great joy in being the best Knight in town.

History: Hunter was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student he started as a Merchant, but he got bored and became a Knight. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to be a merchant again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He usually wears his pastel robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. He carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

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. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Lazy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Everburning torch.