Description: A 3'2" southern woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The war was a terrible time for him, and Glûk does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He got into the Bounty Hunter business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Bounty Hunter and found it very stressful. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears grey trousers with blue and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her first spouse was a Servant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'3", this man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His black hair is cut short. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great joy in being the best Assassin in town.

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 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 12000 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Sard (40 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She carries with her a set of flails on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Emen is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Jade (140 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Coral (140 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Pink diamond (2000 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Dûgz is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 east. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Dûgz was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Jade (120 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). White pearl (120 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Jet (120 gp).

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and blue pants. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He has wavy auburn hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small white hat.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.