Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: He wears brown trousers with black and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries with him a set of scimitars on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He has done his best to style his blue hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Rimmon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rimmon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rimmon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 370 pp. Obsidian (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is silver and curly. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sickle. He has shaved his head bald. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Assassin who has hired him part-time. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 gp.