Description: This late middle aged man wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down and is in decent physical shape. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. His fur is short and red. His fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 pp. White opal (900 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is silver and curly. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shepherd business.

History: Elysande was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arha studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Arha took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Jet (140 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and very much looks the part of a Barkeep. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Immeral hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. Immeral enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Immeral took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He tends to his Barkeep job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in the west to a Tailor, Chem learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp).

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His tied-back hair is white. 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 is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 pp. Black pearl (300 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.