Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her black hair is cut short. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her auburn hair is still thick. 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 shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Ida liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Gardener.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Military, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 23000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He wears his black hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. He has wavy brown fur. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1200 sp.