Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a large brown jacket. His white fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: He is a Bowyer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 son.

History: Shadow lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Shadow never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he's in love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Onyx (50 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Jade (40 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he very much looks the part of a Miner. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to protect his home

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp. Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'1" and dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her white hair is wavy and long. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Ilde hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ilde studied abroad. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are black and beady.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 pp.