Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his gray fur up. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shadow studied abroad. 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (110 gp).

Description: This woman wears professional attire. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has amber eyes and a pastel hat with a white feather.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Dilettante, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 11000 cp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red fur is matted, messy, and big. He has yellow eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Shadow liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. She has styled her lavender fur well, parting it to the left. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Art hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Art was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 cp.