Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Valanthe was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bowyer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and balancing her hectic life and new bowyer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Mundane, Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 110 pp. Iolite (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, red cloak. He has blonde hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 sp. Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a fancy green dress, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy scarlet crest. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dreali was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Beggar uniform. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Millicent was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Beggar job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: He wears a violet broad hat and violet clothes. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Barkeep business at a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has no crest. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Korinn hails from a village terrorized by giants. Through the years after Korinn was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Korinn's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Korinn and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears just a black suit. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Hork speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Hork abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).