Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jacoba studied abroad. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Knight arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 cp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Ortegar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When Ortegar reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This woman wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her parents enrolled her in a Commoner school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and balancing her hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Buckler.