Description: A 4'7" eastern woman, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shifting grew up listening to her mother's many stories. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp).

Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. When Tim reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1700 gp. Pink pearl (130 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'4". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Waywocket was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Animal Trainer. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A 4'3" western woman, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with her Slave Trader mother left her crippled. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Zircon (20 gp).