Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tattered old clothes, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her black fur is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She takes great joy in being the best Miner in town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student she started as a Masseuse, but she got bored and became a Miner. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a Animal Trainer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Emerald was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Ranger, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Ranger in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). In the meantime she has taken over work as a Animal Trainer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1300 sp. Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has wavy white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 80 gp.