Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Masseuse profession.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. His white hair is cut short. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Quarion lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His tied-back hair is white. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Sard (50 gp). Amber (40 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with his Ploughman father left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Beiro will drive conversation. 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, Beiro is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beiro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Beiro has worked very hard to control his curse. He has taken up work as a Fortune-teller and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.