Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Gerard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'4" eastern man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has styled his black fur well, parting it to the right. His fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Shifting alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shifting fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 gp. Iolite (80 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Blossom hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Tailor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Map Maker. She takes great joy in being the best Map Maker in town.

History: Nija was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 80 pp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Jet (150 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.