Description: This man is very fat, and usually wears his grey robe and has his crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, William learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has worked as a Dyer like his mother before him.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has moderate length silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sellsword profession.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Millicent was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Unemployed. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Unemployed.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and balancing her hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (50 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his crossbow ready. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Don wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp.