Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his black hair down. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. John 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 John. 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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is brown and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Scrag alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this southern man wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his shield. He has no hair. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thervan studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Thervan took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Malachite (6 gp).

Description: He wears a grey broad hat and grey clothes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 Masseuse business at a young age. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has wavy golden hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. When Corkitron reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Corkitron fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (40 gp).