Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. 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 west. After a long history of fighting, Don and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 29000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Ortegar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, In love, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her childhood dream was to be a Sculptor, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again.

Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Holy water.

Description: He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 280 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a blue collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her blonde hair down. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Siffress was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She struck the Doctor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Doctor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1300 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).