Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bowyer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 south. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 31000 sp.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern man is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and white handkerchief worn on his left side. His gray fur is braided into rings. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Shadow was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 gp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'3" and wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy blonde hair. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is short and black. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Sekhmet is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).