Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has no hair. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Hematite (13 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is physically well-built. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a great chef.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Tharivol alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Tharivol was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 80000 cp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is short and auburn. He is baby faced.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erevan grew up listening to his mother's many stories. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Laucian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Actor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.