Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Varis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Varis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Jade (80 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Amber (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Theriatis has worked very hard to control his curse. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He usually wears his tan robe and has his warhammer always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Azaki lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is singed and shortened. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Amber (70 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His red hair is still thick. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.