Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished trident as well. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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. Antinua fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1100 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and usually wears his yellow robe and has his trident always slung over his shoulder. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Stylist they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Banker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Sard (30 gp). Jade (140 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears skinny pants and wears a green and red robe with the hood down, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy black crest. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1200 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has moderate length white hair. His black eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Chem was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this eastern man is wearing a long, red cloak. He has wavy auburn hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Black opal (1200 gp). Coral (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.