Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern man sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His crest, while still mostly copper, has prominent grey streaks. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 pp. Iolite (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Sard (60 gp).

Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants. He has no hair. He has gray eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Koeth is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his chestnut hair down. His ears are large.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her tied-back hair is silver. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 cp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor, and carries pickaxes. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Thervan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her brown hair is cut short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her white crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are red and beady.

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 is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.