Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His green crest has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. A freak accident while working with his Gardener father left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

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

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Stacee hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Stacee was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of amethyst and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and carries hammers. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Hupe hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hupe grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Hupe. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He found a children's book about a Dwarf 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortspear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With bright chestnut hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born in the north to a Mercenary, Kristryd learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She's also a talented Tailor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

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. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her blue hair down. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Weaver, and carries hand crossbows. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the north to a Weaver, Hadwisa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When Hadwisa reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'5" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull black iron scale mail. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Average lock.