Description: This eastern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. His beige fur is still thick. His half smiles and copper eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Shifting was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Healer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'4". He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

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. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Fulbar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Through the years after Fulbar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Fulbar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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 comes from a rich eastern family. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: He is content; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a violet feathered hat and violet clothes. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the north. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears just a black suit. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.