Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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 several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Glassblower again; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Azurite (12 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: He likes to wear black tank tops with white pants. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished shortbow as well. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He struck the Blacksmith job and began his own company from there.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a red scarf. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shepherd but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Tharivol was born with his father's beautiful face. At a young age his father died while driving off some illithids. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in dagger use. 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. Tharivol fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has chestnut hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a yellow coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (20 gp). Jade (100 gp).