Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To be a Tanner again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has brown hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He takes great joy in being the best Priest in town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to protect his home

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 330 pp. Citrine (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Amber (130 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'2". He wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ahvain 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 Ahvain. 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 is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.