Description: An older man who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Burgell lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a tan top hat and tan clothes. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Weaver like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Manfred alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and crossbows. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Buvvie and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, she is not a threatening figure. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Animal Trainer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Shava hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Shava has worked very hard to control her curse. She has worked as a Animal Trainer like her father before her.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20000 sp. Citrine (50 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.