Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is brown and very short. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Himo enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear flannel, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 pp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). White opal (600 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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 got into the Unemployed business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Unemployed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Blue quartz (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Jade (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a grey vest and prefers black and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).