Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the west to a Marshal, Valida learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Hatae was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Greethen grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown fur is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Beast was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.