Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His bronze crest is thinning but still full. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his religion dominates his actions

Bonds: In love, Job, Religious, Poor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. He has wavy blue hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1500 gp.

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 relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has shaved her head bald. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She got into the Priest business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Geva 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 Geva. She has achieved small success as a Priest.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 39000 sp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.