Description: This man is very fat, and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His head has been shaved. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in the east to a Soapmaker, Theriatis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and 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: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born into a rich family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2900 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Amber (110 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Arannis hails from a village terrorized by giants. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2700 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His white hair is cut short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Varis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.