Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 Performer. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Performer.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Being a Shoemaker kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 sp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has wavy silver hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shane embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Shane was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This northern woman wears brown trousers with grey and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears baggy black pantaloons and a red scarf. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Layabout, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She's in love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.