Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Efferil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. Malachite (4 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a very tight haircut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His blonde hair is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Rurik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 pp. Black star sapphire (900 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Jade (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.