Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 70. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valanthe grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

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).