Description: This dark-skinned male dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with green slacks. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He struck the Shoemaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

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

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 900 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 80 pp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. Being a Animal Trainer 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: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2400 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).