Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available she will default to her spear. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Valanthe hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His hair is silver and very short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Balimaar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1300 pp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). White opal (400 gp). Rose (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Onyx (30 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Faran grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his falchion ready. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He wears a colorful flower in his dark red hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is content; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Sard (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears professional attire, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Barkeep father left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Birel and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull violet iron scale mail. She has moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his auburn hair down. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Trag hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When Trag reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Trag was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1200 gp.