Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. His tied-back hair is black. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gimgen's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: A 2'9" southern woman, she wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Jo hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

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

Possessions: 4000 sp. Moss agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Shepherd uniform. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has golden hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. She has worked as a Shepherd like her mother before her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

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

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has dyed his greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Ghesh lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 north. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.