Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Patrick hails from a village terrorized by drow. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He dresses like a well dressed Adventurer does. He has white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Nicholas is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 Barkeep. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a yellow collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a crush on the local bookbinder

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with pastel slacks. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Charles hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fisher for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp.