Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His first spouse was a Mason, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy blonde hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Smokesticks. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has moderate length brown hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Revenge; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad tan hat.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Williamina grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Williamina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Williamina. After months of barely getting by, Williamina managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Malachite (6 gp).