Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern woman wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Valanthe took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 7000 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his black hair up. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has silver hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his small blue hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Sard (40 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is dressed in earthy colors with a green and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Harann lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Butcher they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Sculptor, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Coral (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Amber (50 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: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a flapper bob. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Smoking 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. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Bertram was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has a crush on the local bricklayer

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rose (50 gp). Amber (100 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Sard (50 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Riardon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Laborer like his mother before him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1600 pp. Brown diamond (4000 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Rose (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.