Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Theren was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Theren decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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: 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

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Berrian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2300 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich southern 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Coral (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).