Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Cory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. She wears her brown hair down. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Ida hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Ida's homeland. Ida decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shoemaker and was forced into it by her family; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple green robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green 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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. After coming to the age of reason, Anselm took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Amber (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Mayor does. She is portly but not overly obese. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Geva was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mayor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp).