Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Emerald was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Emerald decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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. Emerald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

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

Possessions: 400 sp. Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Blacksmith business.

History: She was born into a rich family. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Reddlepop lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears professional attire. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Insomniac, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 cp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp).

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. She has done her best to style her green crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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: Gifted from a young age, Pyxrin studied abroad. 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. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 cp. Blue quartz (15 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and grey robe with the hood down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is a Interpreter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: Aura was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. 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 is content; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jezebeth grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with her Guard mother left her crippled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 sp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: Standing 4'0", this woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 gp.