Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has moderate length golden hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gerald was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Gerald liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Navigator business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Layabout, but she got bored and became a Navigator. After months of barely getting by, Manea managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new navigator responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and grey pants. He has wavy blonde hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady black eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Osah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. After a long history of fighting, Osah and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she usually wears her violet robe and has her club always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Eleanor speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'11". She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

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

Possessions: 600 sp. A small bag of saffron. (50 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her copper crest is braided into rings. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Locksmith. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Zykroff was born the youngest of three triplets. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She's also a talented Priest, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. Her chestnut hair is well kept. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Rohesia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 30 pp.