Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Valanthe was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Brewer, but she got bored and became a Bounty Hunter. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valanthe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a longsword on her belt. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Faral was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 9000 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing a long, violet cloak. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Moss agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Jade (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Sard (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has no fur. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Smoking hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. After a long history of fighting, Smoking and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1400 pp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Rose (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). White opal (600 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She takes great joy in being the best Server in town.

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. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Server. She has worked as a Server like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Miller does. Her crest is scarlet and curly. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: Born in the east to a Miller, Ruloth learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Ruloth abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).