Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 160 pp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amber (150 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Rael enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Jade (90 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He got into the Hunter business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Being a Hunter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Arannis was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Sage, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. White opal (1200 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Gifted from a young age, Halimath studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a bather and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Eye agate (9 gp).