Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has wavy red hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Kody abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by his family; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jacoba grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered goblins who tried to eat her hand. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 120 pp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Jet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Taklinn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Taklinn was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Taklinn abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her beige fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1200 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He got into the Hunter business at a young age. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Heian has worked very hard to control his curse. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp).