Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Jacoba was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She is greedy; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears just a pastel suit, she is not a threatening figure. Her fur is brown and very short. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by drow. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shadow has worked very hard to control her curse. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Shadow was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her brown hair is well kept. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has wavy red hair. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Mantus was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. 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: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Fallond 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is black and curly. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nelkin's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Nelkin was born with his mother's beautiful face. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.