Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and tan robe with the hood down. His orange fur is long and unkept. His eyes are yellow and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shadow 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 Shadow. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Paelias was born with his mother's beautiful face. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: PTSD, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She very much looks the part of a Merchant. With wild white hair. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the west to a Merchant, Kristryd learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Kristryd was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Merchant. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. 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 Blacksmith.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and balancing her hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 240 gp.