Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor, and she perpetually has her lance ready. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Valanthe is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Fletcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. She became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Job, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Nikki enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Nikki lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Nikki abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a violet suit. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson violet hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Theriatis was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. He's also a talented Seamstress, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jade (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this southern man wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his shortspear. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Jade (150 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp).