Description: He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Alvyn was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man wears a tan coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barber who has hired him part-time. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Uthemar was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barber. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Merchant. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: This woman wears an entirely pastel suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. 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 cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. 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: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, grey cloak, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Erias lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Terse, Racist. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1400 sp.