Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His gray fur is matted, messy, and big. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shifting grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Shifting abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 270 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: 3'7" and muscular, this western man wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears his auburn hair up. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Lazy, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Malachite (15 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is short and silver. Her white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 160 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears tattered old clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Heian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.