Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is white and curly. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting dire rats, the young Shane began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 44000 sp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Butcher. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Sumnes was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She tends to her Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her gold crest is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Farideh hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting gnolls, the young Farideh began to lead the lost caravan. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. She's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).