Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and pastel handkerchief worn on his left side. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has chestnut hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 12000 cp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1500 sp. Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She takes great joy in being the best Marshal in town.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He stands about 4'4" and prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Darrak grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Darrak 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 Darrak. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Anastrianna enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.