Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Emerald enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1500 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a tan shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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 is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He usually wears his white robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zed fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver ewer (100 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. Her long blue crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born in a small forest village. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she's in love

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp. Rose (60 gp).