Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Varis embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Violet garnet (400 gp). Amber (160 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: This malnourished man dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 cp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf and is in decent physical shape. His orange fur is long and unkept. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Shifting was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shifting's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1900 sp. Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His white fur is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. 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: He is a Succubi in disguise. Through the years after River was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. River's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Amber (100 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Eye agate (10 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Being a Priest kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

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

Possessions: 700 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).