Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Emma was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 6'8", this man wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His gold crest is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kiirith grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kiirith. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aust grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has taken up work as a Mason and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His black fur is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 pp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Amber (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.