Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is black and very short. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Emmeline hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered gnolls who tried to eat her hand. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A 5'9" northern man, he wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Grumbar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Chain shirt.