Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is black and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears bulky black painted plate armor, marred by beers. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a great chef.

History: He comes from a rich western family. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and warhammers. His hair is chestnut and very short. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 gp. Jet (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.