Description: 4'1" and muscular, this eastern woman is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Helja abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Good lock. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of lances on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He keeps his white crest in a pixie cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered gnolls who tried to eat his hand. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His gold crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 8. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.