Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a tan collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Valanthe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Unemployed, but she was a colossal failure. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman wears professional attire. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her purple hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a Baker, her father struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears just a brown suit. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She has slicked back black hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'11". She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black fur is lengthy. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Being a Glassblower kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is physically well-built. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Yevelda wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Yevelda is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A freak accident while working with her Tanner father left her crippled. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her fur is cut close to her head. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

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 is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Shifting was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Painter. She has worked as a Painter like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 380 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His red hair is thinning but still full. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Trained by his father 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 Doctor. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Doctor for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and doesn't want to be a doctor and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: In love, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 gp.