Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is a Cartwright first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aerdeth is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Hunter, his father struggled to pay the bills. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Gennal was born the youngest of three triplets. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by his family; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and kukris. His hair is short and black. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Nutae and his spouse have recently divorced.

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.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Raer abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his halberd with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: Himo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Tanner. He has achieved small success as a Tanner.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.