Description: She is lean but muscular and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has moderate length gray fur. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Shifting is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She is portly but not overly obese. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Sard (50 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her blue hair in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Astaro was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Astaro was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Astaro's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has worked as a Soapmaker like her father before her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Coral (120 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Delg hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, green shirt, and grey tie, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'8" when asserting himself. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 29000 cp. Black opal (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His eyes are brown and beady.

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. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Paelias was taken on many hunting expeditions. Paelias liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She's also a talented Carter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His scarlet crest has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Dazzazn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He sports a flattop fur cut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: Seven speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Performer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is content; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1600 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.