Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown fur. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Emerald is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

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 is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Rurik lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He is typically in his Gardener uniform. He has a hunchback. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Curran is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Curran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Wiggan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is portly but not overly obese. Her copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 28. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Fistula was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Jade (90 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: An older man who usually wears his red robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thorpe grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Mason. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sard (30 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Jade (120 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).