Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Uthemar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is golden. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'9" western man, he prefers to wear flannel. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aerdeth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aerdeth 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 Aerdeth. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 pp. Jasper (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'8". He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He has no hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Butcher profession.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).