Description: He is wearing a long, violet cloak. His white hair is singed and shortened. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 9000 sp. Rose (30 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished hammer as well. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Forcas grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Sailor, but he got bored and became a Ruler. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Drusilia alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His silver hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. After a long history of fighting, Alberich and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She very much looks the part of a Merchant. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. She bought a sai and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.