Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and grey tie, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'8" when asserting himself. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mindartis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mindartis. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2100 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, marred by beers. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Frederick was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Tanglefoot bags.

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 wears tattered old clothes. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His hair is short and red. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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 has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is lean but muscular and very much looks the part of a Shepherd. His red fur is still thick. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.