Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Hadarai never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this western man wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is typically in his Painter uniform and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dayereth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he prefers to wear flannel. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Quarion was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Quarion decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Courier 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: To prove his worth to the world; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. After a long history of fighting, Mindartis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Amber (130 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).