Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His golden hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. He's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He has dyed his greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east to a Healer, River learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 36000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has done his best to style his purple hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Damakos was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Actor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in a small island village. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: An older woman who is wearing a long, brown cloak, she is not a threatening figure. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born in a small plains village. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.