Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His red hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His first spouse was a Shipwright, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor, Family, Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Ahvain lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Marshal, but he got bored and became a Mayor. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and longbows. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Solid gold idol (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is cut short. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 singing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1600 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fancy brown suit. He has white hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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 east. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). White pearl (130 gp).