Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Shifting hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Shifting was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his white eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Rimmon was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and he perpetually has his bastard sword ready. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

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. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: This light-skinned male wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mormog fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is cut short. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Red spinel (140 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a black tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Gubu was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gubu fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Silaqui lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Healer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Servant and was forced into it by her family; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 50 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: 3'7" and muscular, this western man wears a blue vest and prefers pastel and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is short and silver. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Pallabar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 90 gp.