Description: This late middle aged woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition and is in decent physical shape. Her fur is short and beige. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Dagger was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Dagger and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Amber (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has silver eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Astar will drive conversation. Astar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Amber (110 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'2" and tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. Her brown fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mason arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Shifting was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 230 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp).