Description: This western man wears a worn and beaten armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black fur down. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Shifting was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Jet (120 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is typically in his Mortician uniform. He has no crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the south to a Mortician, Mreksh learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his black hair down. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. Amber (50 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her white hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 58. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black tunic with yellow highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She uses divination through singing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Ea never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hand crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.