Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her fur is yellow and curly. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. A true patriot, Shadow would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was taken from her home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

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 refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His first spouse was a Junk Dealer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: To reunite with her absent mother; and to pay off her debts

Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Average lock.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a grey shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and green pants. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 several months after her father was called into army service. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern man dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and grey robe with the hood down. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Unemployed but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in a small forest village. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 sp. Sard (20 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her brown fur is singed and shortened. Her yellow eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 pp.