Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Valanthe reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Actor for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and doesn't want to be a crown-heir and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a Glassblower first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the west to a Glassblower, Manfred learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has wavy auburn hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 11000 sp. Malachite (8 gp).