Description: She tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shepherd business.

History: She was born in the east. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull violet iron scale mail. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 sp. Jet (160 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a black shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and pastel pants. She has dyed her greying blue crest a little too much giving a sharp blue color. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Ruloth was born with her father's beautiful face. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: Standing 4'9", this man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

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 frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Rûg lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Adventurer and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He very much looks the part of a Bellfounder. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bellfounder. He's also a talented Barber, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.