Description: This light-skinned female wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this southern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 cp. Red garnet (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and usually wears her white robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Avice lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears just a white suit. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gerard was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Iolite (30 gp).