Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Verin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 pp. White pearl (130 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Jet (90 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Jet (90 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His purple hair is thinning but still full. His skin is flawless and his black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1600 pp. Moss agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Coral (140 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a lance on her belt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: This man wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His hair is silver and curly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: He comes from a rich western family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 pp. Moonstone (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kyle fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 9000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Hadarai was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Knight. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadarai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red garnet (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.