Description: She wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is a Cook first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the south to a Cook, Emmeline learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available she will default to her spear. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Backpack. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has a very tight haircut. She is baby faced.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Vicky took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sai and armor she uses now. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30000 cp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tan shirt, with a violet mid length shorts with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Coral (40 gp).