Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

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. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt. His dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern man sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black crest is knotted and matted. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Apothecary born in the past three hundred years. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Apothecary for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1500 sp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).