Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'5". She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a club on her belt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a club. She wears her cinnamon fur up. Her yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Shifting is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is blue and very short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. 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 north. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in a small plains village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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. Ownka fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Sard (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.