Description: This late middle aged woman wears long strands of opal and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. Her white fur is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Emerald enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Emerald was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Rose (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a black vest and prefers white and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mortician. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 9000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright yellow dresses and hats. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed yellow hat.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Black opal (1200 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Coral (120 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Coral (120 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Korfel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With bright red hair. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Cook but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Helen grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. She wears her red hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Balifra was born with her father's beautiful face. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 17000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this western man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a very tight haircut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.