Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is obsessed with his god.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 10 pp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Peridot (60 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a falchion on his belt. He has no hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Courier business.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Dreali learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'10" and wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1100 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fivin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Moss agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Jet (80 gp).

Description: This western man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Suhnae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.