Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. She has done her best to style her red crest to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nala 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 Nala. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern woman usually wears her white robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is an amazing painter.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His blue hair is heavily combed to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1100 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and pastel robe with the hood down. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He has blue eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Folgûm liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down, marred by teas. She has wavy golden hair. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Hugolina was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: Roywyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To be a Bellfounder again.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He got into the Masseuse business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a red top hat and red clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black hair up. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by drow. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 60000 cp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp).