Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and carries shortspears. Her hair is short and auburn. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Body Guard, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and she perpetually has her bow ready. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. 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: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Emeny alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Zircon (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She carries with her a set of daggers, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sarah grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Sarah. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, yellow shirt, and pastel tie. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Heward lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To protect his home; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 pp. Banded agate (15 gp).