Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Elysande was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her dagger always slung over her shoulder. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished scimitar as well. His black hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Gruk was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Gruk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Manfred is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Manfred was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Manfred decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 16000 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a red scarf. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Aramil was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Aramil's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is still thick. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Cumpen learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 38000 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her silver hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.