Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has wavy white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born in the west. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2400 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has moderate length scarlet crest. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. 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. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Chassath never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her fur is orange and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Tricking was born with her father's beautiful face. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's in love

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. The war was a terrible time for her, and Galiena does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Galiena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She tends to her Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 110 gp. Black opal (500 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a sickle on his belt. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Vanuath's homeland. Vanuath decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He 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; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: She wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and swords. Her hair is short and white. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She became a Barkeep soon after.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy black pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item.