Description: She wears professional attire. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has chestnut hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She takes great joy in being the best Shepherd in town.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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 Shepherd. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Balimaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Riardon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'4". He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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: Gardain lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Azurite (16 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Serpent was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Serpent alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Serpent was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. She wears her rusty crest up. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gifted student she started as a Weaver, but she got bored and became a Courier. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and red pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished pickaxe as well. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Robbie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black crest. He wears dull black sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case. He has a hunchback. His crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. 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 born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Kiirith has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 sp.