Description: He stands about 6'0" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His tied-back hair is red. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length orange fur. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Quick hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He is typically in his Herbalist uniform. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'11" when asserting herself. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Kithri was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Banker. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and lances. He wears his silver hair up. His eyes are white.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Gifted from a young age, Purson studied abroad. 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. After a long history of fighting, Purson and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; 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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Amber (140 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears just a black suit. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She got into the Miller business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Guard, but she got bored and became a Miller. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available she will default to her shortbow. She wears her golden hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Huru 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 Huru. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

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

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.