Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'5" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has white hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Shane alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Shane was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Terse, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp).

Description: Standing 5'5", this woman usually wears her brown robe and has her hand crossbow always slung over her shoulder. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Painter. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Impulsive, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10000 cp. Amber (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Aldous lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Tourmaline (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).