Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and her gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. She has wavy white hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Heward was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Heward decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a brown vest and prefers tan and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her red fur is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a great chef.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. After coming to the age of reason, Quick took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears bulky brown painted plate armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'0" when asserting herself. Her brown fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cloud grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1800 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Gifted from a young age, Naeris studied abroad. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.