Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with pastel slacks. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Valanthe was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His chestnut hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Reirak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with white slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born into a rich family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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 share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 330 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She is a Hag in disguise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ovina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: Born to a Detective, his father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Rose (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has brown fur. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Fragrant was born with her father's beautiful face. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, green cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thamuz grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Unemployed kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 pp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Coral (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her blue crest is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She got into the Unemployed business at a young age. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She struck the Assassin job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Rock crystal (70 gp).