Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He keeps his purple hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shifting grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Shifting. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. His cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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 to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is golden and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her violet robe. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Synthrin speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mortician they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Layabout, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears a mask on his face.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Ulfgar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This man tends to wear a large brown jacket, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Spyglass. 1 Average lock. 1 Spyglass.

Description: An older man who is renowned for his bright white suits and hats, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 170 gp. 2 Thunderstones.