Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is chestnut and very short. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Hugh liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Hugh was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Lazy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this eastern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His hair is cut close to his head. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a great chef.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this western man tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Actor. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who is renowned for his bright black suits and hats, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is chestnut and very short. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 gp.