Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has shaved his head bald. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, In love, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a red coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He wears his chestnut hair up. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is long and unkept. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Barakas reached his early adolescence his Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Star ruby (900 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is brown and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. At a young age her father died while driving off some giants. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in nunchaku use. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 18000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Bethrynna is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She married young, but lost her spouse to giants. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 44. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.