Description: He wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. He tends to his Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears just a pastel suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1500 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. He has moderate length red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Fivin speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To be a Architect again; and doesn't want to be a courier and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 sp.