Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Cloud was taken on many hunting expeditions. Cloud liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

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

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His cinnamon fur is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Malachite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, tan shirt, and brown tie. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Callie grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. His fur is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, brown shirt, and grey tie. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Tyna was born the youngest of three triplets. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Debt. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She likes to wear blue tank tops with white skirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Luthra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and someone believes her a fraud

Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp.