Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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, Portia is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Portia took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shield and armor she uses now. She bought a shield and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Mindartis was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'1". She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shield. She wears her brown hair up. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Tenena has worked very hard to control her curse. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At some point he was captured by giants and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Sardonyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this eastern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His copper crest is lengthy. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her red fur, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Knight. He has a very tight haircut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Knight. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 gp. Jet (150 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He has done his best to style his gray fur to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Stableman. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Serpent was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Serpent was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Stableman. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a stableman and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 cp. Hematite (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears blue trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has shaved her head bald. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 cp.