Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She likes to wear violet tank tops with red skirt. She has a hunchback. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. A true patriot, Mara would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears a pastel deerstalker hat and pastel clothes. His cinnamon fur is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Architect. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in the north to a Architect, Shifting learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a grey broad hat and grey clothes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Adelaide was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bookbinder. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barbena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are green.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His first spouse was a Hunter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a unemployed and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jade (60 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears just a tan suit, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is cut short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp).