Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Valanthe never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, green shirt, and brown tie. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Qualen hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a whip and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and regain custody of his daughter

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a fancy pastel suit. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Sun alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mayor and was forced into it by his family; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Takra hails from a village terrorized by drow. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ploughman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ploughman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing his hectic life and new ploughman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Thamior wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aym hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and red with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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, Guy is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. Guy abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.