Description: She is a husky woman, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her silver crest is knotted and matted. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has wavy white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a Locksmith, his father struggled to pay the bills. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in an above average manner. Her white hair is well kept. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman very much looks the part of a Shepherd, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has a very tight haircut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love, Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a grey shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and blue pants. His white hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He takes great joy in being the best Stylist in town.

History: He got into the Stylist business at a young age. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He tends to his Stylist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'11" and is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: Rimmon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to goblins.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

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