Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries falchions. His hair is blue and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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 comes from a rich western family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 21000 cp.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has no hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has wavy scarlet crest. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: Heskan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Heskan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He married young, but lost his spouse to orcs. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His tied-back hair is silver. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Borun alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many giants want him driven away

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Traulam 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. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Traulam was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her first spouse was a Bellfounder, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a large red jacket. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Nikki has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nikki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1800 sp.