Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emma grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Amber (60 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Vondal wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Salanop abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She tends to her Glassblower job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Terse, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with green slacks. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Orla is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Orla was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Slave Trader. She has worked as a Slave Trader like her mother before her.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 pp. Star ruby (1100 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a map maker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 sp.