Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the north to a Hunter, Valanthe learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She found a children's book about a Elf Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Valanthe never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, In love, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born in the north. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Terse, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries with him a set of shields, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde 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 dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gynk lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, In love, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp.