Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Valanthe liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). 1 Smokesticks. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She sports white long hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Willow enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Willow was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Dyer; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 pp. Onyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She is physically well-built. She has a very tight haircut. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Animal Trainer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 gp.