Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is a Shoemaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bather they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Shoemaker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female is wearing a long, brown cloak. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her tied-back hair is red. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1100 gp. Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'9" when asserting himself. His beige fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Stableman. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: 3'9" and muscular, this southern woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Moonstone (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.