Description: 5'7" and muscular, this eastern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His fur is short and orange. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Shifting was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Shifting fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a simple pastel robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden 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 has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gifted student he started as a Barrister, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. He struck the Map Maker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp).

Description: This man wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Priest. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He tends to his Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp.