Description: This slender man stands about 6'2". He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length scarlet crest. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and she perpetually has her kukri ready. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hadwisa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age her mother died while driving off some brigands. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in kukri use. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadwisa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

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. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Hedonist, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is cut 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: Altho wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Altho studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7000 sp. Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has moderate length white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Bune was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bune grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bune. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jade (160 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. Her black fur is lengthy. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fletcher but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Dynamic lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Dynamic took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fletcher and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2100 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Heather lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Heather took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Dilettante kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and a deep hatred of giants

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He became a Carter soon after.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 sp.