Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Valafar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jade (100 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is an epitome of beauty. She has auburn hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He plays an instrument quite well.

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. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10000 gp. Coral (120 gp). Sard (50 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Jade (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Jade (120 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Coral (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Jade (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'2". He wears professional attire, and his gloved hand is found clutching a flail. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Norman is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Norman hails from a village terrorized by giants. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 pp. Moonstone (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Rose (50 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Zircon (50 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is brass and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Fax was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 pp. Emerald (1500 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'1" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her red hair down. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red garnet (150 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Sard (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quespa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Quespa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.