Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Shax was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shax 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 Shax. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length red hair. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Diesa lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Family, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her hair is purple and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Semyaza 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. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She carries with her a set of lances, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has blue eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Wella was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a large tan jacket and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.