Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Spy first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 4000 sp. Black star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Born to a Miller, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Merla was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is green and very short. 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 quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently the stress of being a Body Guard has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Carter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple yellow robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

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. Syllin was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Syllin decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (70 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Jet (130 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black hair is long and unkept. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered blue hat.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and tiefling compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 11000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 24000 sp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).