Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is short and brown. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A freak accident while working with his Tanner mother left him crippled. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To be a Tanner again.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Coral (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He wears his brown hair up. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: A 6'1" eastern man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 10000 sp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His black hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp).