Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished glaive as well. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 22000 cp. 4 Smokesticks. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears dull green sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shepherd business.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has red eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ahrim was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Shepherd. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp. Jade (150 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a Bather first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gorga was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'9", this woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has moderate length dark red hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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 seeks redemption

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Percival was born with his father's beautiful face. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He keeps his brown fur in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. His hair is auburn and curly. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

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 Gnome in existence. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gimble was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Citrine (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.