Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Valanthe is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Valanthe was born with her father's beautiful face. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stylist. She has worked as a Stylist like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her childhood dream was to be a Armorer, but she was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 30 pp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Malachite (4 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After a long history of fighting, Left-Handed and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has a crush on the local mercenary

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 27000 sp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Amber (100 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished crossbow as well. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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, Bucklal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 70 gp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Banker. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Banker for hire.

Motivation: To be a Laborer again; and balancing his hectic life and new banker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Superior lock. 1 Superior lock.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Verna is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born into a rich family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'8". He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down, and his gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. His white fur is still thick. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 pp. Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arara studied abroad. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries a battered mace and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the south to a Knight, Nalral learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp).