Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Krusk alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 sp. White pearl (100 gp).

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: She wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and white pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Traulam wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 sp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: This woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Herbalist who has hired her part-time. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tenena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp).