Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shield on his belt. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a green wide-brimmed hat and green clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He uses divination through singing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He has worked as a Map Maker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Trey was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Amber (70 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is a Succubi in disguise. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Expand his business; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith. He carries with him a set of tridents on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the south to a Locksmith, Bertram learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. Recently the stress of being a Locksmith has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.