Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair is still thick. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has worked as a Performer like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has shaved her head bald. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, pastel shirt, and green tie. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. She wears her white hair up. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is an amazing painter.

History: Nogu lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Mason, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 390 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His white hair is still thick. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Zepar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zepar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and balancing his hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries with her a set of scimitars, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her fur is yellow, silky, and of moderate length. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 sp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.