Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Aerdeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Revenge; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 14000 cp. Red spinel (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His silver hair is cut short. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson white hat.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Tanner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Tanner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Valafar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 17000 sp. Jet (110 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Iados was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Iados decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 170 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Erias was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Glassblower. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.