Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Howard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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. Howard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His gray fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and doesn't want to be a jeweler and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a green costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She wears her red crest up. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the west to a Armorer, Arava learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. After a long history of fighting, Arava and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Fisher again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Meena hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. 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. Being a Scribe kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and many gnolls want her driven away

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 21000 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her blue hair is long and unkept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Purah was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Purah's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man likes to wear yellow tank tops with green pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. Emerald (700 gp). 2 Thunderstones. 2 Antitoxin. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his red fur in a flapper bob. His skin is flawless and his copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Flask was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sculptor. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 gp.