Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and he perpetually has his greatsword ready. His brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Kerkad was born the youngest of three triplets. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Map Maker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple brown robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her beige fur is still thick. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned female is dressed in an above average manner. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Riswynn enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small blue hat.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. The war was a terrible time for him, and Xappan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Xappan reached his early adolescence his Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His red crest, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She worked as a nervous Miner and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and a deep hatred of goblins

Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor, and he perpetually has his bow ready. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a fancy brown suit. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Sculptor business at a young age. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 80000 cp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.