Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Shane is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat and is in decent physical shape. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. When Ahlyssa reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She bought a falchion and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Military, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is renowned for his bright pastel suits and hats. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He uses divination through singing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and doesn't want to be a spy and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp.