Description: This man is very fat, and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shepherd business.

History: The child of a Spy, who enjoyed hunting, Mindartis was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Spy, but he got bored and became a Shepherd. He has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10000 cp. Citrine (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has shaved his head bald. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. 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 served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Heian was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Sellsword and found it very stressful. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is short and silver. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.