Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His crest is short and white. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Direcris hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Direcris grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Direcris. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 18000 cp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. His red fur is heavily combed to the left. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears black trousers with white and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears her green crest down. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Quespa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'8" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Vaina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 110 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He very much looks the part of a Fletcher. His brown hair is still thick. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alberich does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Alberich lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Farmer, but he got bored and became a Fletcher. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 sp.