Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears a simple tan robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a very tight haircut. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Valanthe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Apothecary, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a great chef.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He became a Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is still thick. She is baby faced.

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 can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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 money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Moss agate (15 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'8" northern man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has amber eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Drifting grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Drifting liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a yellow coat. Her hair is silver and very short. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a Hunter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She uses divination through singing.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'6" when asserting herself. She has styled her blue crest well, parting it to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dentratha grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Dentratha. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 120 pp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).