I was thinking that the NPCs from either of these threads...
http://www.purezc.ne...=59609&p=846481
http://www.purezc.ne...=58986&p=838440
...would make a good fit for Firebird.
I thought I remembered seeing full sprite sheets somewhere of Bourkification's NPCs from that first thread, but can't find it now. And the Shiek tileset from the 2nd link, doesn't have the NPCs that are in the screenshots (or i'm just really blind).
Anyways, if anyone has any NPCs they think would make good fits for Firebird, or if they feel like spriting some... or if the upcoming Firebird update has NPCs i'll just wait patiently.
