Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple pastel robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. This copper eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Shifting enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Shifting was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries a battered sword and tarnished hammer as well. He has done his best to style his red crest to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Miller business.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He got into the Engraver business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Slave, Religious, Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a brown vest and prefers yellow and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has styled her cinnamon fur well, parting it to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. After a long history of fighting, Dynamic and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His silver hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a courier again

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is short and blonde. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rimple isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a tan coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Adventurer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 130 gp.