Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He is typically in his Shepherd uniform. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Gifted from a young age, Guy studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born to a Mayor, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bertram fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in the east to a Ruler, Hunter learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Ruler. He tends to his Ruler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Amber (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'7" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is a Yochlol in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.