Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His white hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is obsessed with his god.

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. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Gerard has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a brown collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has moderate length beige fur. 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 is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Sardonyx (50 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears professional attire. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fisher business.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: He was born in the east. Travok was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Merchant. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Rose (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.