Description: He stands about 5'4" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad tan hat.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He found a children's book about a Elf Warrior who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Sage father left her crippled. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: She wears dull violet sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is blonde and curly. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Beatrice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Jade (140 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Rose (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Shautha liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gynk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He wears his brown hair down. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the west. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is typically in her Carter uniform. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student she started as a Herbalist, but she got bored and became a Carter. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 36000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.