Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a black collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Manfred alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Conrad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Gerard was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gerard decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a Laborer, his father struggled to pay the bills. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.