Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She has moderate length beige fur. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 5'3" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valanthe grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Valanthe abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 230 gp.