Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and he perpetually has his dagger ready. His hair is auburn and very short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sindri fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull red iron scale mail. He has blonde hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Laucian wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Laucian never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses like a well dressed Bellfounder does. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Doudra was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Brewer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bellfounder, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bellfounder and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is an epitome of beauty. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Arannis will drive conversation. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Merchant mother left him crippled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.