Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears suspenders and violet workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Emma is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emma studied abroad. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Driindar was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 370 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: He wears a yellow vest and prefers pastel and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Dwarven compassion; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears long strands of sapphire and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's in love

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Perra will drive conversation. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 110 gp.