Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her yellow fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Shadow was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Interpreter. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 35000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his brown hair up. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'11", this woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Egelina was born the youngest of three triplets. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Egelina has worked very hard to control her curse. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He got into the Healer business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Bowyer, but he was a colossal failure. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 cp.