Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He wears his white hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Gunter has worked very hard to control his curse. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf, she is not a threatening figure. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely pastel suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has white fur. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 70 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Body Guard profession.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gifted student he started as a Body Guard, but he got bored and became a Herbalist. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to be a body guard again

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. His red fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His copper eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired him part-time. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 350 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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 the west her family was never financially stable. At a young age her father died while driving off some illithids. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in lance use. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Tyna was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in the south. Her childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but she was a colossal failure. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe, marred by teas. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses like a well dressed Crown-heir does. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Crown-heir. 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: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.