Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished falchion as well. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jade fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 pp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Jet (70 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Jet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'0" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 pp. Sard (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Coral (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Sard (40 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Jade (80 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has no fur. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. 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 raised by priests from a young age. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white crest. He wears a green deerstalker hat and green clothes. He has a hunchback. He has moderate length white crest. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ghesh grew up listening to his mother's many stories. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Miller

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

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He tends to his Ruler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Black opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Poor, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2500 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He is an epitome of beauty. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Beiro was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.