Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and to be a barrister again

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

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 80 pp. Zircon (80 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Good lock. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Backpack.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries with him a set of spears on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He works hard and plays hard.

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. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Debt, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.