Description: This late middle aged man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gimgen was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 250 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: A 3'6" southern woman, she tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Panana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: A deep hatred of giants; and she is greedy

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He has shaved his head bald. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Kipper enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Kipper was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Kipper alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp).