Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emerald studied abroad. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Emerald was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Emerald and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She has gray eyes and a violet hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has moderate length beige fur. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the east to a Shepherd, Cloud learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Ratak was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ratak's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 sp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Griselda will drive conversation. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is blonde and curly. She has gray eyes and a violet hat with a green feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 10 pp. Obsidian (6 gp).