Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'5" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Conrad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Shepherd like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict, Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She has wavy black hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. His hair is auburn and curly. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is still thick. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Azurite (15 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).