Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Shax lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting giants, the young Shax began to lead the lost caravan. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Seamstress for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Seamstress responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this northern man wears a black collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His silver hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Red garnet (100 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length green crest. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To be a Stableman again; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1400 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Jet (160 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is short and black. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Dalgal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and he perpetually has his sword ready. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. 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. Richard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Mardnab hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He likes to wear black tank tops with red pants, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. He has dyed his greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age his father died while driving off some giants. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in hand crossbow use. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Servant for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She keeps her silver crest in a flapper bob. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Stableman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 10000 sp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).