Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'2" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd. He has white hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the north to a Shepherd, Jak learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a brown collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his bow. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. He tends to his Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

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

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He wears his lavender fur up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a Carpenter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Shifting alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and he is content

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 50 pp. Amethyst (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.