Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple brown robe with violet stripes complete with hood. His auburn hair is still thick. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gilbert was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a longbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a mace on his belt, and he perpetually has his mace ready. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp).