Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 pp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Jade (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. He has shaved his head bald. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Nicholas speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He takes great joy in being the best Layabout in town.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Nicholas has worked very hard to control his curse. He's also a talented Miller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants. His scarlet crest is lengthy. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Shax was born with her mother's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, marred by teas. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 10000 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Amber (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'0" when asserting himself. He has wavy silver hair. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Orsik took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up whip and armor he uses now. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She has a very tight haircut. 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 is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.