Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This southern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Skog was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and revenge

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Religious, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She has amber eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Religious, Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available she will default to her hand crossbow. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born in the south. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Red garnet (50 gp).