Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thamior studied abroad. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a violet tunic with blue highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He 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. He's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Jade (110 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a red tunic with blue highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad red hat.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. His fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 pp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Sard (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jet (80 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.