Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with her Shoemaker mother left her crippled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 sp. Coral (100 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and morningstars. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. After months of barely getting by, Krusk managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 190 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He wears his rusty crest down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Greethen hails from a village terrorized by illithids. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Silver holy symbol.