Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Valida was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Neega was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His red hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson white hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the south to a Masseuse, Curran learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Amber (100 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Akmen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'7". He is wearing a long, green cloak. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great joy in being the best Animal Trainer in town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Kerkad alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 pp. 3 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch.