Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Patrick alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Zircon (70 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has wavy silver hair. 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 likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Nalaed was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Sellsword, but she got bored and became a Carter. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carter.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Ghâm 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. Ghâm 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. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ronobe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 pp. Eye agate (8 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Jade (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Coral (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Peter was taken on many hunting expeditions. After coming to the age of reason, Peter took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).