Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her white fur is long and unkept. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Emerald alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. She has wavy beige fur. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Cloak enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cloak studied abroad. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Cloak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ploughman.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and carries greatswords. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He is an amazing painter.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Fargas was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 pp. Obsidian (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Sard (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Engraver. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Salanop and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has a very tight haircut. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Debt. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 70000 cp. Jasper (40 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Amber (110 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a white collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. A true patriot, Huru would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a hunchback. With wild silver hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.