Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emma studied abroad. Emma 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. During her travels, Emma and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Emma discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Emma fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Detective; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He usually wears his tan robe and has his hammer always slung over his shoulder. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and doesn't want to be a glassblower and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He has no crest. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Brewer. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Glassblower again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her brass crest is heavily combed to the left. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his brown fur down. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is portly but not overly obese. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Nedda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Barbena never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: In love, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this southern woman tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is thinning but still full. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Eleanor lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Amethyst (90 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.