Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to be a weaver again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 cp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears just a blue suit and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a blue and red robe with the hood down. She sports black long hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Hatae is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she tends to wear a large blue jacket, and is pretty ugly. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Sariel was born the youngest of three triplets. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Debt. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older man who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bucklal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.