Description: She very much looks the part of a Shepherd. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black crest is singed and shortened. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aasathra grew up listening to her father's many stories. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a white armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 cp. Amber (70 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Caelynn isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She is an epitome of beauty. She has chestnut hair. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: Born in the west to a Barber, Barbena learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished shortbow as well. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. The war was a terrible time for him, and Dworic does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a Brewer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When Dworic reached his early adolescence his Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf, marred by sweets. She has wavy auburn hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Nella enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. With bright golden hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.