Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He wears his golden hair down. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for him, and Arannis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He married young, but lost his spouse to brigands. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 pp. Fire opal (1400 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is dressed in an above average manner. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has wavy silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Riardon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Revenge; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.