Description: She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She is physically well-built. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Valida was born with her mother's beautiful face. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Fisher but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Kyle and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Coral (110 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp).

Description: A 6'2" western man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His head has been shaved. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Mortician.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1700 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. With bright black hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.