Description: A middle-aged man, he wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his silver crest to look like a famous performer. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a great chef.

History: Shamash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Servant, but he was a colossal failure. 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: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1700 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear flannel. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Coral (160 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in a small island village. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to protect his home

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 43000 sp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Black opal (900 gp).

Description: A 5'0" northern man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He very much looks the part of a Shepherd. His gray fur is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. 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: Cloud was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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 Shepherd. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.