Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His crest is scarlet, silky, and of moderate length. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Server, but he got bored and became a Shepherd. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moss agate (15 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Animal Trainer. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Rose (20 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 pp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black opal (1600 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.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is brown and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Rose hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Carpenter profession.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She tends to her Bellfounder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Banded agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Jade (140 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Jade (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Adrie grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Adrie was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mayor. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her fur is short and red. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.