Description: She very much looks the part of a Shepherd. She carries with her a set of kukris on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. She struck the Shepherd job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is black and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alain isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a Spy soon after.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. White opal (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Akoth grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a great chef.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).