Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Soveliss was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is violet, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her silver hair down. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shepherd business.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kyle was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 110 gp.