Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red fur. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a hunchback. Her fur is red and curly. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Engraver. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: River lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Spice Merchant, but she got bored and became a Engraver. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She has wavy rusty crest. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a Priest first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Priest work with an outfit from a few towns over. Priest work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has achieved small success as a Priest.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1500 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He keeps his long lavender fur kept up in a rat tail. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tricking grew up listening to his father's many stories. Tricking abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Being a Engraver 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 a kiss; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Emma was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the west. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears a simple brown robe with red stripes complete with hood. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a great chef.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carpenter and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a Dilettante first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed flail, just in case. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 10000 cp. Pink pearl (70 gp).