Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 21000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Silaqui grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Silaqui. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brass crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Azzakh 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Buckler.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Engong is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His white crest is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pijjirik grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'3". She wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Avice enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the north. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Avice never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 370 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.