Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Armorer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Armorer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shepherd but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Shepherd kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Opinionated, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 21000 sp. Rose (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair is lengthy. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Clerebold hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His tied-back hair is red. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2100 sp.