Description: A 4'11" northern man, he is typically in his Shepherd uniform. He wears his brown hair up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: This man tends to wear a large green jacket. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He wears his white hair up. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Fivin wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an entirely black suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item.