Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. Jade is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: He wears a tan coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to be a mason again

Flaws: Addict, Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Manfred was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Manfred decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Jet (120 gp).

Description: This woman dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 gp.