Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Valanthe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He has styled his cinnamon fur well, parting it to the left. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and very much looks the part of a Ruler. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the west to a Ruler, Heather learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Ruler. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. Her rusty crest is knotted and matted. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1900 sp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Amber (60 gp).

Description: An older woman who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dee studied abroad. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After a long history of fighting, Dee and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear flannel, and is pretty ugly. She wears her white hair down. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes, she is not a threatening figure. Her head has been shaved. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Gurdis 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. Gurdis is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gurdis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. She struck the Marshal job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple black robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

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 however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in the north. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.