Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. His black crest is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Direcris alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 5'8" northern woman, she wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Beast was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She married young, but lost her spouse to gnolls. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many gnolls want her driven away

Flaws: Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp. Azurite (7 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is black and curly. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She got into the Locksmith business at a young age. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. She has green eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 84. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Eloise abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp.