Description: This late middle aged man wears a green collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt and is in decent physical shape. His long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Astar was born with his mother's beautiful face. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered brigands who tried to eat his hand. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 60 pp. Azurite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His crest is short and bronze. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Dadalan has worked very hard to control his curse. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears his purple hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Leucis hails from a village terrorized by giants. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Jet (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Enna was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Locksmith. 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, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Jet (140 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and likes to wear green tank tops with grey skirt. She has dyed her greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting goblins, the young Arava began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Gunter enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gunter was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). 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 has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Rosamund is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The war was a terrible time for her, and Rosamund does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Rosamund was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Rosamund never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.