Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At some point she was captured by giants and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Valanthe was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears professional attire. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Doctor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is an amazing painter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student he started as a Brewer, but he got bored and became a Soapmaker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has wavy brass crest. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Trynnicus studied abroad. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Trynnicus was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Miller, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Banded mail.