Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is physically well-built. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Valida was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Brewer. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a fancy brown dress. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is short and silver. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She married young, but lost her spouse to gnolls. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2700 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the east to a Servant, Ar-Karo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Sellsword for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 cp.