Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her halberd with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Animal Trainer. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. After a long history of fighting, Ahlyssa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a grey coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Frederick was born the youngest of three triplets. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Crampernap will drive conversation. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Crampernap 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 Crampernap. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished club as well. Her head has been shaved. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He very much looks the part of a Shepherd. He has chestnut hair. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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: Nirgel was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He's also a talented Banker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 15000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'8" and wears just a tan suit. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His ears are large.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. Amber (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.