Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has wavy white hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a Scribe first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of a Slave Trader, who enjoyed hunting, Emma was taken on many hunting expeditions. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Expand her business; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a white vest and prefers blue and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Bertram was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Ploughman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Dustin has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Good lock. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 70 pp.