Description: This late middle aged woman wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Valida alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Gynk was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Blacksmith. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, blue shirt, and brown tie. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She has green eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 83. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His black crest is smooth and relatively long. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and clubs. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: An older man who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, he is not a threatening figure. His orange fur is long and unkept. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with his Marshal mother left him crippled. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Alex was born with his mother's beautiful face. After coming to the age of reason, Alex took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.