Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His blonde 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 does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Rolen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 220 pp. Jet (140 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 pp. Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.

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 brown trousers with yellow and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gray eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Heian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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 several months after his father was called into army service. 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1800 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Amber (120 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star ruby (500 gp).