Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Courier job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Rose (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jacinth (8000 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Rose (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Pink diamond (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Erdan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.