Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: She was born in the east. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. He keeps his white fur in a pixie cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

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

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue diamond (4000 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'4" when asserting himself. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stylist profession.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she usually wears her grey robe and has her axe always slung over her shoulder. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miller for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and halberds. His silver hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Paymon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Priest kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Jet (70 gp).

Description: This man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His gold crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He is physically well-built. He has wavy black hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ashgarn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ashgarn was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mercenary. After a long history of fighting, Ashgarn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he tends to wear a large grey jacket. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Fargrim was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Fargrim decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 380 gp.