Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries a battered whip and tarnished lance as well. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Valanthe was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 cp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 3 Antitoxin. 2 Smokesticks. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 sp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her long beige fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is a Gardener first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1800 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born in the east to a Mayor, Tervaround learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tervaround grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Tervaround. Being a Mayor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 900 gp.