Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Balimaar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are violet 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. 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 daughter.

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. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Star ruby (900 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the south to a Miller, Aldous learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miller. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Miller, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 27000 cp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.