Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3 Thunderstones. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Traulam was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Traulam's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 180 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has moderate length silver hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.