Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Valanthe's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Valanthe hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. 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: Many drow want her driven away.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his blue crest in a flapper bob. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

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. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Engraver.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 pp. Jade (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, blue shirt, and pastel tie. Her fur is beige and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Sun was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Sun's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Jade (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Theodoric does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Theodoric liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Server mother left him crippled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Rose (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carter. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 gp. Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Weaver, and carries flails. Her fur is beige and curly. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dynamic will drive conversation. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Weaver.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp).