Description: She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her white hair is well kept. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Valanthe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a very tight haircut. He is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erky grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Merchant mother left him crippled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 120 pp. Jet (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Silk rope. 1 Superior lock. 1 Crowbar.