Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. Her gray fur is smooth and relatively long. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her broad pastel hat.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Shifting enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her first spouse was a Banker, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Her parents enrolled her in a Ranger school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Holg grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Holg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His childhood dream was to be a Armorer, but he was a colossal failure. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 sp.