Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Spice Merchant. He's also a talented Barrister, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the south to a Fletcher, Manfred learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but he was a colossal failure. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Manfred never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a simple brown robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. He has a hunchback. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His ears are large.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. Jade (110 gp).

Description: He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 34000 sp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jet (100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). White pearl (100 gp).