Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his club with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His fur is short and gray. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'10". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears just a blue suit. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Qualen was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and she perpetually has her club ready. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A freak accident while working with her Baker mother left her crippled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2 Thunderstones.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a longbow on his belt. He has done his best to style his brown fur to look like a famous performer. This copper eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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, Skirt and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jasper (70 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp).