Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. A true patriot, Verin would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a Dyer, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His fur is black, silky, and of moderate length. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a colorful flower in his brown fur. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Server arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Great 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. Great decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and 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: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp. Coral (90 gp).

Description: She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and she perpetually has her dagger ready. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 9000 cp. Red garnet (110 gp). Rose (30 gp). 3 Thunderstones.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Jocelyn is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Amber (80 gp). 4 Thunderstones.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a warhammer, but if one is not available she will default to her greatsword. Her head has been shaved. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a great chef.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf. Her hair is short and white. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. 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 wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

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. Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a great chef.

History: She got into the Knight business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Knight. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Knight for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new knight responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Knight

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

Possessions: 200 gp.