Description: This late middle aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. His white crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Valorean has worked very hard to control his curse. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her beige fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Three is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Three was born with her father's beautiful face. Her childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has red hair. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 270 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy blue suit. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kellen studied abroad. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miner they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Engraver, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 sp. Azurite (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue shirt with thin red vertical stripes and grey pants, and is pretty ugly. His hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Wiggens was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born to a Mayor, her father struggled to pay the bills. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fisher. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Rûkdûg was born with his mother's beautiful face. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Thervan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thervan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Thervan. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 gp.