Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. 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 Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, brown cloak, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: White pearl (130 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His crest is brass and curly. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her beige fur is heavily combed to the left. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She bought a rapier and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 sp. Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Tailor profession.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His childhood dream was to be a Tailor, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A 3'4" eastern man, he usually wears his white robe and has his glaive always slung over his shoulder. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has brown eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her silver hair is lengthy. She has red eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Prosperine was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and usually wears her green robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. Her hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: Pyra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Moss agate (16 gp). Jet (100 gp).