Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has styled his beige fur well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. A freak accident while working with his Sage mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. His white fur is singed and shortened. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Cloak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the south, 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 south 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 since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 pp. Jasper (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His red hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Halander enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.