Description: This tall, slender woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Valanthe's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she has a crush on the local shepherd

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She stands about 3'0" and wears a red cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has golden hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Jeweler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She's also a talented Sellsword, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Sellsword again; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: Charles speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Charles is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

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. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Vlorn never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is portly but not overly obese. He has red hair. He has brown eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

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 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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: To reunite with his old friends; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1900 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has a crush on the local herbalist

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Blue quartz (14 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is red and curly. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rose (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Amber (160 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Wobbles wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His fur is short and white. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He got into the Shipwright business at a young age. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Shifting alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.