Description: This man is very fat, and wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His hair is red and curly. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Blacksmith. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He prefers to wear flannel. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 worked as a Shoemaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears just a pastel suit. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is an amazing painter.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. When Richard reached his early adolescence his Human mother 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. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is cut short. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. 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: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1200 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).