Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Heward was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Heward's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is long and black with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and red tie. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her fur is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Shifting was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She tends to her Sculptor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, tan shirt, and black tie. Her hair is red and very short. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. 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: To pay off her debts; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Banded mail.