Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 230 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this western woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brown fur is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Lone hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears skinny pants and wears a grey and brown robe with the hood down. His white hair is still thick. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He takes great joy in being the best Adventurer in town.

History: Veit lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Veit took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up falchion and armor he uses now. He became a Adventurer soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.