Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Garl grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tattered old clothes. His crest is cut close to his head. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He stands about 4'11" and is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She is physically well-built. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bree embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered violet hat.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Drusilia abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She sports silver long hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull violet iron scale mail. She carries a battered club and tarnished halberd as well. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age her father died while driving off some orcs. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in halberd use. She tends to her Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1600 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp).

Description: She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 360 gp.