Description: This woman wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has amber eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emen's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Rose (20 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears bulky green painted plate armor. His scarlet crest is singed and shortened. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a great chef.

History: Nalaed was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with her Apothecary father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 pp. Onyx (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears long strands of aquamarine and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is black and curly. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Armara is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Armara has worked very hard to control her curse. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His red hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Simon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Simon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is short and auburn. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp).