Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and dresses like a well dressed Courier does. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is short and red. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1100 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Map Maker business.

History: Born in the west to a Map Maker, Quarion learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's in love; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an entirely pastel suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bookbinder they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Shoemaker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. White opal (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his red hair down. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: 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; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Ruler. His blonde hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit men.

History: Erdan was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1300 gp.