Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears blue trousers with green and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has wavy blonde hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Valanthe is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Average lock.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the east to a Cartwright, Adelard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Spice Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Cartwright.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and doesn't want to be a cartwright and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is white and curly. His half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Jeweler business.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Hatae was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Mastema lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cartwright. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his purple hair in a flapper bob. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Andram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. 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: The child of a Interpreter, who enjoyed hunting, Andram was taken on many hunting expeditions. Andram liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He takes great joy in being the best Slave Trader in town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Shoemaker, but he got bored and became a Layabout. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.