Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and usually wears his blue robe and has his falchion always slung over his shoulder. His hair is chestnut and very short. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the west. In his youth he was a Sculptor, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Shane alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Knight

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

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp).