Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Now he works as a writing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Deep green spinel (160 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Aline was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Shaena wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Shaena hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Shaena alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. His brown fur is lengthy. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of a Bellfounder, who enjoyed hunting, Spear was taken on many hunting expeditions. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 5000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. With bright brown hair. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Adventurer, Helja learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 sp.