Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She likes to wear blue tank tops with green skirt. Her golden hair is well kept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Now she works as a writing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her black hair down. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a tan vest and prefers grey and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Roywyn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Roywyn. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Being a Bookbinder kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 30 pp.