Description: She stands about 4'3" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is cut close to her head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: To be a Sage again; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 310 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Varis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is black and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit men.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Koeth reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 sp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears professional attire. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Frug was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she very much looks the part of a Locksmith. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.