Description: He is a husky man, who wears a violet Stetson hat and violet clothes. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3 Antitoxin.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His golden hair is still thick. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shepherd business.

History: Thar hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Performer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He usually wears his grey robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder. He has styled his blue crest well, parting it to the right. His red eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson grey hat.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

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 was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 gp.