Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. This white eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Abad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. 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 wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 8000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a green costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1500 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a dagger on his belt, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his brown hair up. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Delg's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'5" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and 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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he usually wears his blue robe and has his ceremonial dagger always slung over his shoulder. His brown hair is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Prâk hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Prâk hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp.