Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Emma was born with her mother's beautiful face. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 210 pp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: In love, Rich, Immigrant, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 39000 sp. Amethyst (110 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Vola was taken on many hunting expeditions. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and an old rival family wants her found

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Birel will drive conversation. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born into a rich family. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jade (140 gp). 3 Antitoxin.