Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'5". She wears dark leathers with embroidery, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. Her black hair is cut short. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Emmeline was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Emmeline 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 pp. White opal (1000 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Fonkin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Armorer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has black fur. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Ethereal was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Fortune-teller. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

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 took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting dire rats, the young Emma began to lead the lost caravan. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Jet (70 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Cagak was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, tan cloak. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Engraver, his father struggled to pay the bills. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Herbalist and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3200 sp. Citrine (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).