Description: An older man who tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, he is not a threatening figure. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He takes great joy in being the best Shepherd in town.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has worked as a Shepherd like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Paelias is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paelias grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Sard (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). White pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.