Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Nissa hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Nissa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Nissa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a blue coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head and is in decent physical shape. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She takes great joy in being the best Carpenter in town.

History: Born in the south to a Carpenter, Vaina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She tends to her Carpenter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).

Description: He wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the west to a Fletcher, Hork learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Locksmith. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and expand his business

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He usually wears his blue robe and has his hand crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Crampernap fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 230 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her chestnut hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born in the west. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp. Azurite (6 gp).