Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Frug fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is an epitome of beauty. She has a very tight haircut. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 8000 cp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears baggy black pantaloons and a blue scarf. His red hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Grom lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Grom alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a yellow vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and carries swords. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp. Jade (70 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ralf fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his cinnamon fur down. 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 resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1200 sp. Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor, and carries daggers. He wears his dark red hair down. This white eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 sp.