Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her red fur is long and unkept. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Emerald has worked very hard to control her curse. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

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

Description: This dark-skinned female wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Xanaphia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 120 gp. Onyx (70 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears professional attire. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 220 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her brown fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 110 gp.