Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Gerard hails from a village terrorized by giants. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Ernest was born the youngest of three triplets. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Good lock.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'10" and usually wears his blue robe and has his greataxe always slung over his shoulder. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 sp. Fire opal (400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).

Description: This eastern man is typically in his Animal Trainer uniform. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with violet slacks. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Simon was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp.