Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is brown and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is physically well-built. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length cinnamon fur. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: The child of a Stylist, who enjoyed hunting, Shifting was taken on many hunting expeditions. Shifting abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is typically in her Butcher uniform. She has black hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born into a rich family. She worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Butcher like her father before her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 pp.