Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Richard's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 27000 sp.

Description: He wears a black small hat and black clothes. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 39000 sp. Red garnet (90 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His tied-back hair is white. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.