Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Valanthe hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has worked as a Bowyer like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear and is in decent physical shape. Her bronze crest is greasy and uncared for. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Arava was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her crest is short and bronze. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 70 pp. Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Mialee has worked very hard to control her curse. 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. Mialee fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is white and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. He uses divination through singing.

History: Travok was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He became a Performer soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Weaver. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Shepherd, who enjoyed hunting, Nella was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Nature, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His blue hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.