Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the east. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. White opal (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has a hunchback. His red hair is still thick. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Hugh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spy for hire.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.