Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She takes great joy in being the best Shepherd in town.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His first spouse was a Barrister, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Paelias was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sage. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is violet, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and rapiers. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Terse, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp.