Description: This dark-skinned male wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands 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 brigands. Gerald was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a fancy red dress. Her red hair is wavy and long. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He usually wears his grey robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. He wears his golden hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. He keeps his long gold crest kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. A true patriot, Ombul would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Ombul was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear flannel. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is baby faced.

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 has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Amnon was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has silver crest. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a colorful flower in his black crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Mreksh and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.