Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Dean learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and expand his business

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. He wears his silver hair up. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 8000 sp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His head has been shaved. He has brown eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Conrad was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears long strands of amber and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Solomon was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Courier. 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: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 19. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1600 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp).