Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is baby faced.

Personality: Shifting is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Shifting took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up halberd and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He carries with him a set of spears on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He has moderate length silver crest. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Vrondiss is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. A freak accident while working with his Baker mother left him crippled. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears an entirely white suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 22. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 330 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Emma learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Emma took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Valida's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Dilettante but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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; and he is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. Her white hair is braided into rings. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Carlin abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.