Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His fur is short and white. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Miller, Emerald learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting illithids, the young Emerald began to lead the lost caravan. He tends to his Miller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 sp. Golden pearl (40 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 5'0" southern woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has no fur. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 10000 cp. Hematite (13 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears bulky brown painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. His white fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are yellow.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Edge hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His scarlet crest is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, green shirt, and blue tie. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ilga never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'11" when asserting herself. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Nurkara is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: The child of a Mortician, who enjoyed hunting, Nurkara was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nurkara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.