Description: This northern woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports silver long hair. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Merla alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His blue crest is thinning but still full. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 10000 sp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is brown and curly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in the west. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears long strands of emerald and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his feathered green hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 19000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.