Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd. Her brown hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 4 Antitoxin. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tan vest and prefers black and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 43. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Tippletoe was born the youngest of three triplets. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, In love, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Red spinel (60 gp). Coral (60 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has wavy brown fur. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her golden hair is still thick. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Jacoba alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by her family; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Emotional, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 9000 sp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a green scarf. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sariel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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 she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 6'5" southern man, he prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. 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: Randal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants his loneliness to end

Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 pp. Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'11" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Therlin speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Jeweler profession.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.