Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Being a Shepherd kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Rose (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and violet pants. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Emma hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Barber but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

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. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'2" and wears skinny pants and wears a grey and tan robe with the hood down. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Servant mother left him crippled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp).