Description: She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Saphara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born in the north. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Cecily never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

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

Flaws: Addict, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her tied-back hair is red. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Margery was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, and she perpetually has her rapier ready. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Lazy. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Vondal hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 12000 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Amber (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.