Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has gray eyes and a violet hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Valanthe was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Valanthe decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man very much looks the part of a Merchant, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His red hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has wavy red crest. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Barber, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a simple red robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She worked as a nervous Junk Dealer and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Junk Dealer for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vondal grew up listening to his father's many stories. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to be a mayor again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a architect again

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her whip with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tan shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and green pants. With wild red hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her first spouse was a Animal Trainer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp.