Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Thomas hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. At a young age his father died while driving off some dire rats. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in ceremonial dagger use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 10000 cp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Wymar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: Many giants want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Jade (110 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has shaved her head bald. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Jade (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.