Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Valanthe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 sp. Red spinel (80 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: Standing 5'6", this man wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His dark red hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 120 pp. Zircon (60 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Jade (130 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and carries clubs. His gray fur is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 130 pp. Citrine (20 gp). Jet (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her auburn hair is cut short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Alice is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alice grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and carries whips. Her hair is auburn and very short. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a red coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in the east. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His brown hair is still thick. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 pp. Black pearl (900 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Amber (120 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.