Description: She is a mite stocky and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His crest is brass and curly. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Being a Brewer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

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. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bookbinder. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a worn and beaten armor, marred by teas. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Maegan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her silver crest in a pixie cut. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Zykroff was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Zykroff was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Zykroff's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears long strands of sapphire and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is physically well-built. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the right. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She is a Deep Scion in disguise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Shy, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this eastern man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

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. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with yellow slacks. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Sard (30 gp).