Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and sais. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. She has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Shifting was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shifting grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Shifting. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. Her crest is brass and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Arava was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears long strands of amethyst and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She 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. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her purple hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.