Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has wavy orange fur. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: Leaf was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are blue and beady.

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. He is a great chef.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a Dilettante, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He has achieved small success as a Stableman.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This northern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He got into the Ploughman business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has worked as a Ploughman like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

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

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has moderate length blonde hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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 compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 cp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.