Description: This light-skinned male likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He tends to wear a large green jacket. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nicor grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Nicor liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Peridot (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Jade (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her scarlet crest up. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 90000 cp.