Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner and is in decent physical shape. He wears his brown hair down. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Merihim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 18000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. She is physically well-built. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a white armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His black fur is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'1" eastern woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Elegant was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. She wears her silver hair down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Gomory hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his white crest in a pixie cut. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Masseuse business at a young age. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 14000 sp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

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

Possessions: 6000 sp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blue hair is heavily combed to the right. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 sp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).