Description: This younger middle-aged man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 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 wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His silver crest has been sun bleached extensively. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Vrondiss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ella 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 a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mercenary business.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To protect her home; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has moderate length green crest. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Daar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: White pearl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.