Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a very tight haircut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After a long history of fighting, Adelard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his spear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: William was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of amethyst and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair is still thick. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.