Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a large tan jacket and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Dean was born with his mother's beautiful face. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 3000 cp. Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Gerard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 13000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 32000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.