Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is typically in her Stableman uniform. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Stableman. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the north to a Stableman, Emmeline learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He is physically well-built. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new doctor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).