Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has a very tight haircut. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Brakka was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Sculptor. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Sculptor and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1600 sp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melech fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Harriet was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 130 gp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: An older woman who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tailor, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 230 gp. White pearl (130 gp).