Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

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. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Anselm was born the youngest of three triplets. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nicholas never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has dyed her greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp).

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is content; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is silver and curly. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Portia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 3 Smokesticks. 4 Holy water.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and red handkerchief worn on her right side. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Symma was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Symma decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.