Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His ears are large.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Reirak was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Criella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple blue robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 Merchant. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat and is in decent physical shape. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Direcris speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Direcris fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Shag has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a yellow vest and prefers brown and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born into a rich family. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She got into the Glassblower business at a young age. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Semyaza alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. During her travels, Semyaza and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Semyaza discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Semyaza fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 cp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears skinny pants and wears a green and red robe with the hood down. He has styled his bronze crest well, parting it to the right. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he usually wears his blue robe and has his bastard sword always slung over his shoulder. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Pallabar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.