Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rolf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Mentor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Amber (110 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Dilettante mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 200 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears dull green sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a colorful flower in her bronze crest. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Rezena was taken on many hunting expeditions. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is portly but not overly obese. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 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.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His orange fur is long and unkept. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Sun was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. 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. Sun fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears professional attire, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Sybil was born with her father's beautiful face. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Sybil never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.