Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing, and carries bows. With wild black hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The war was a terrible time for her, and Emma does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 south.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To be a Junk Dealer again; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears dull green sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed axe, just in case. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His bronze crest is thinning but still full. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Valida was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: Standing 6'4", this woman wears long strands of opal and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her yellow fur is heavily combed to the left. She has yellow eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Cloud lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Cloud alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man wears a green top hat and green clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Thamuz was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sculptor. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Sculptor, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His lavender fur is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Spear was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mason. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Red spinel (60 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His golden hair is lengthy. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Body Guard business.

History: Born in the west to a Body Guard, Melissa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp.