Description: She wears a black coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and tridents. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Criella enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Criella was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Erky and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 sp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She has slicked back brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Carlin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: The child of a Miller, who enjoyed hunting, Carlin was taken on many hunting expeditions. When Carlin reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a white collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pikar studied abroad. 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).