Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he tends to wear a large grey jacket. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has achieved small success as a Doctor.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Onyx (40 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Shepherd uniform. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Chad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He tends to his Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He uses divination through singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 feels threatened by others; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Sard (30 gp).