Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Butcher but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Mary was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and monstrous two handed axes. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Anne was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Anne decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 220 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Sard (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has no crest. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 230 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). White pearl (90 gp).