Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear black tank tops with green pants. His brass crest is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Adelaide is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her black hair is cut short. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. 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. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'1" western woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her morningstar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her tied-back hair is red. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 pp. Rose (70 gp).