Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Iados is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Iados lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Iados and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red garnet (160 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Jade (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears white trousers with red and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is physically well-built. He wears his auburn hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Beloril was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has a crush on the local junk dealer

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His ears are large.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Laborer profession.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1400 gp. Hematite (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman usually wears her brown robe and has her sword always slung over her shoulder, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her fur is yellow and very short. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 sp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Kody took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sickle and armor he uses now. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

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

Possessions: 70 gp. Jade (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is brown and curly. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: She got into the Guard business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2100 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Morana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.