Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Senteq was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Senteq has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 12000 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Coral (90 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, and carries monstrous two handed axes. His crest, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Quarethon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 pp. Black pearl (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Coral (90 gp). Blue diamond (7000 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Spy business at a young age. Ernest was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spy. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. She has a hunchback. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Body Guard mother left her crippled. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic, Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Jo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy lavender fur. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. He has a hunchback. His lavender fur is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Ethereal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Jet (70 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp).