Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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: Manfred was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barrister arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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 in a small island village. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. After a long history of fighting, Emma and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a flattop hair cut. 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 acts crazy and hedonistic. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thomas studied abroad. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. White opal (500 gp). Jade (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.