Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the north to a Fortune-teller, Jo learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Unemployed, but she got bored and became a Fortune-teller. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Tomi hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 30 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her brown fur is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She takes great joy in being the best Architect in town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has achieved small success as a Architect.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has moderate length dark red hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 6'7". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. His brown hair is still thick. This silver eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Butcher. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.