Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Secretive, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 11000 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jade (90 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, marred by beers. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with his Actor mother left him crippled. Being a Cook 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; and 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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's also a talented Tailor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'8" and wears a green wide-brimmed hat and green clothes. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Ivellios hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 pp. Emerald (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a great chef.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).