Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: An older man who wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Ront is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a dull look in his silver eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She's also a talented Gardener, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to be a gardener again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her silver hair is still thick. She has green eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Thiala took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His auburn hair is long and unkept. 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 is a Scribe first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 50 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Citrine (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Roland has worked very hard to control his curse. He became a Carter soon after.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This malnourished woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Birel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 140 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp).