Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Carter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carter.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a dilettante again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Scribe, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She has no fur. Her copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 sp. Moonstone (30 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.