Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. A true patriot, Theirastra would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Baern was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1700 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt. His auburn hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 1000 sp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp.