Description: A 5'9" western man, he wears just a black suit. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: To be a Mason again; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Simon hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: This man wears dull brown sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Doctor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is content

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp.