Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears just a yellow suit. Her hair is black and curly. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gifted student she started as a Junk Dealer, but she got bored and became a Body Guard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

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

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jet (90 gp). Jade (90 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is black and very short. His white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. The war was a terrible time for him, and Valafar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Valafar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Greedy, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his black hair down. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 20. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Laucian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Laucian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Faral hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and many giants want her driven away

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 12000 sp. Carnelian (30 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Spyglass.

Description: This woman wears a white armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson white hat.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Amber (40 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.