Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tharivol was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has moderate length bronze crest. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is a Architect first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Architect.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

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

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. After a long history of fighting, Emmeline and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 270 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and she perpetually has her shortbow ready. Her fur is red and curly. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Laborer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born into a rich family. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cask fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 210 pp. Hematite (5 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Veit was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'2". He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a large blue jacket. He wears his black hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and balancing his hectic life and new mayor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 26000 sp. Amethyst (120 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is golden and curly. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Engong never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1100 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp).