Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. He has worked as a Shepherd like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 sp. Amber (100 gp).

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this western man usually wears his tan robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Black star sapphire (600 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Spice Merchant, but he got bored and became a Butcher. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp.