Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His red fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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. Shadow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His black crest is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She likes to wear black tank tops with grey skirt. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tan costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her red hair is lengthy. She has amber eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is a Healer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A freak accident while working with her Animal Trainer father left her crippled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Animal Trainer again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 9000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: An older woman who has the majority of her body covered in plate, she is not a threatening figure. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Numba alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 pp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Jet (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 9000 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Jade (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Jet (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).