Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her black crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nuthra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and many giants want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (50 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Coral (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: She very much looks the part of a Stableman. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Born in the west to a Stableman, Silgre learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Animal Trainer who has hired him part-time. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Erevan hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears brown trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1600 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her tied-back hair is brown. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 79. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears just a tan suit. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

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. Theren abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. 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: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is short and white. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Jet (90 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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 were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has achieved small success as a Brewer.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to be a animal trainer again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1700 gp. Sard (30 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Azurite (11 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is black and very short. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a Healer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Bricklayer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.