Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. His fur is yellow and curly. His eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. The war was a terrible time for him, and Shadow does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Shadow was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 150 pp. Amber (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His hair is short and red. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep black.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Modean was taken on many hunting expeditions. His childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but he was a colossal failure. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His hair is auburn and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A 4'3" southern man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: Tordek hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tordek 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 Tordek. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise brown.

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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to be a cook again

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has wavy blonde hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has worked as a Dyer like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Trail lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3 Smokesticks.

Description: 6'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 140 gp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.