Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her black hair is well kept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Nora was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and revenge

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 pp. Malachite (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is short and silver. She has gray eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nora studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Being a Banker 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: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Roland isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Apothecary and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears a colorful flower in her black fur. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Laucian was born with his father's beautiful face. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.