Description: 3'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tan trousers with blue and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Alston was born with his mother's beautiful face. At a young age his mother died while driving off some brigands. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in greataxe use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a great chef.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Bulzo was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Roofer. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp).

Description: She wears a yellow feathered hat and yellow clothes, and carries longswords. Her white hair is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear white tank tops with brown skirt. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Ownka hails from a village terrorized by giants. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and is pretty ugly. He wears his gold crest down. He has red eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a grey vest and prefers tan and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and carries sais. His hair is short and brown. His ears are large.

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 has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman wears a red armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. She sports brown long hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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: Gifted from a young age, Eran studied abroad. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has achieved small success as a Healer.

Motivation: Expand her business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His dark red hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 36. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He uses divination through singing.

History: Cairn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 gp.