Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer father left him crippled. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His green crest is lengthy. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He uses divination through singing.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Forcas took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears a brown collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Robert grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Red garnet (140 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her cinnamon fur is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Skirt was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 40 pp. Onyx (20 gp). 1 Buckler.