Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a very tight haircut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vondal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this northern man very much looks the part of a Cook. His auburn hair is cut short. His eyes are blue and catlike.

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. A true patriot, Thorpe would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Thorpe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 sp. A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'2". She wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. She sports blonde long hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Gurdis is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3200 sp. Black pearl (900 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).