Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has moderate length brown hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman wears a pastel collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her black fur is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: Gale is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her first spouse was a Map Maker, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Map Maker they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Carpenter, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Red spinel (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. After coming to the age of reason, Gaaki took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red fur is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shifting fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to protect his home

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She takes great joy in being the best Healer in town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'11" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her lavender fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a hand crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this eastern woman wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Nissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She bought a crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care, marred by teas. His auburn hair is cut short. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vani will drive conversation. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. 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: To unite with her brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.