Description: An older man who wears a tan vest and prefers blue and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hugh isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Hugh was born with his mother's beautiful face. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears just a grey suit. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, marred by sweets. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Aerdeth was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 cp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'8" and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Enna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fancy black dress. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Tailor like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has shaved her head bald. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Neega was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Apothecary soon after.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp.