Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd. He keeps his long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished sickle as well. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Vonbin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2200 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Jet (110 gp). Sard (70 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Glassblower. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: 6'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has done his best to style his black fur to look like a famous performer. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Good lock.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Vistra hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Vistra alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His ears are large.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Erdan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carter. Being a Carter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 240 pp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Thoradin wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Thoradin was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is red and curly. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Interpreter. A true patriot, Raam would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Raam was taken on many hunting expeditions. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Raam has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 sp.