Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and violet pants. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Boddynock lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His brass crest is singed and shortened. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He takes great joy in being the best Jeweler in town.

History: Adrex lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Masseuse, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Spyglass.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Patrick was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a pastel tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has wavy auburn hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Arumawann wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Wizard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 34000 sp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp).