Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shepherd business.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and 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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Peridot (70 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). White pearl (120 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Malachite (7 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.