Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His gray fur is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Shifting learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has worked as a Mason like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This light-skinned female is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a Bricklayer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Jade (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'8" when asserting himself. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is typically in her Guard uniform. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His orange fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a fancy tan suit, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Thervan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1500 sp.