Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. She has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: Emerald speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 20000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears an entirely grey suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull red iron scale mail. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is knotted and matted. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: The child of a Mayor, who enjoyed hunting, Mordai was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Being a Doctor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 sp. Jasper (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His fur is white and very short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Shifting was born with his mother's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has silver hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 60 gp. Jade (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is brown and very short. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker green hat.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Layabout business at a young age. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and expand her business

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

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

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has moderate length brown hair. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 sp.