Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown fur is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Shifting is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Mayor father left her crippled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Average lock.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and lances. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. She is baby faced.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Laborer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Laborer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has achieved small success as a Laborer.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He keeps his long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Baker and was forced into it by his family; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her head has been shaved. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 90 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).