Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He comes from a rich western family. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Joan was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Joan and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He stands about 5'4" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He takes great joy in being the best Doctor in town.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gifted student he started as a Beggar, but he got bored and became a Doctor. He struck the Doctor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is a Tailor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Server business.

History: Born to a Map Maker, her father struggled to pay the bills. Nalaed liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Nalaed was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.