Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. A true patriot, Qualen would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Qualen was born the youngest of three triplets. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spy. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Job, Military, Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His cinnamon fur is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Three liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a Animal Trainer soon after.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. This silver eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.