Description: This younger middle-aged man wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his gray fur. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: Emerald was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is black and curly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Rose (80 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He got into the Sculptor business at a young age. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears black trousers with tan and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his beige fur. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Smoking abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers white and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.