Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. 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 was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Strong lisp

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

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He has wavy chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Chad was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has achieved small success as a Marshal.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to be a mayor again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Balimaar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a red vest and prefers brown and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a violet shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Simon was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Simon's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.