Description: This late middle aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a Detective first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Jocelyn was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Human Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His red hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.