Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Emma enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Coral (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. His black hair is thinning but still full. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Body Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Alexandrite (700 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.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Margery fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, marred by teas. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Priest. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears silk and lounges about seductively, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Ruler. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 900 pp. Rose (60 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. 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 speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mayor business.

History: Elizabeth was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Ar-Gul speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 gp. Coral (110 gp).