Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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 daughter.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by his family; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Beggar born in the past three hundred years. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He became a Beggar soon after.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a sai on his belt. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1700 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Rose (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a hunchback. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Hadarai was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. After a long history of fighting, Hadarai and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.