Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Aramil was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Aramil and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Sard (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Rose (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His hair is chestnut and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Immeral hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp.