Description: An older woman who wears a pastel vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her pastel boots flare out at the collars, she is not a threatening figure. Her fur is lavender, silky, and of moderate length. Her fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

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 ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Shifting lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is typically in her Shipwright uniform. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Menny lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Performer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She got into the Healer business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his brown hair down. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. 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 several months after his father was called into army service. 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's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: In love, Military, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson red hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Portia hails from a village terrorized by brigands. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She became a Navigator soon after.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Himo is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a blue tunic with grey highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Dreali has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Onyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Felgrat isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Pink pearl (110 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Lorilla was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.