Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His tied-back hair is white. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. 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: Money/treasure; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2900 sp. Malachite (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He has wavy white hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shepherd but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Gilbert was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Shepherd. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 5'9" northern man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is short and auburn. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Unemployed, Justin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.