Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). White opal (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. She has wavy auburn hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Yurgunn liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a blue vest and prefers green and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blonde hair is lengthy. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has never given up on his music dream.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 700 pp. Rose (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Amber (130 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in the west. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, grey shirt, and yellow tie. His hair is short and auburn. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Bather.

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries a battered falchion and tarnished whip as well. His hair is auburn and curly. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 Halfling in existence. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thorpe is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Amber (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them and is in decent physical shape. His dark red hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mason born in the past three hundred years. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Therai was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His childhood dream was to be a Unemployed, but he was a colossal failure. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Mamnen was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Mamnen's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 pp. Star rose quartz (80 gp).