Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Shifting was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shifting decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is brown and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 60 pp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has moderate length red hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Vola was born the youngest of three triplets. Her childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is greedy; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is black and curly. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Bhevek was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He struck the Layabout job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Jade (150 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Aquamarine (800 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Bernard was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Beggar. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished bastard sword as well. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears an entirely tan suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. With wild brown hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 pp.