Description: He wears a simple blue robe with green stripes complete with hood. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and maces. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Aelar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aelar decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 2'11" and muscular, this western woman dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with green slacks. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Stacee was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Gardener and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her crest is bronze and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She's also a talented Gardener, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears bulky violet painted plate armor. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Arara was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Unemployed. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pyntle embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).