Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'7". He likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He has brown eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Qualen hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Qualen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 29000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Burto abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Onyx (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Wobbles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 34. 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. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born into a rich family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Tagga never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).