Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a simple grey robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She worked as a nervous Stableman and found it very stressful. She 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 to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. White opal (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has slicked back golden hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a pastel coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Richard hails from a village terrorized by orcs. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered orcs who tried to eat his hand. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40000 cp. Red spinel (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.