Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His red hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Takra would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Takra has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His red hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Merihim was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His silver hair is lengthy. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Amnon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 pp. White opal (900 gp). Rose (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is portly but not overly obese. Her cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the left. Her ears are large.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a Sailor, her father struggled to pay the bills. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Shivering and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Rolf hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Amber (80 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He is physically well-built. His fur, while still mostly beige, has prominent grey streaks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tree was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1200 pp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear white tank tops with yellow pants. His hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Miller for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 16000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Major magic item.