Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has slicked back white 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 hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Morana was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants, and is pretty ugly. Her long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is baby faced.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mortician. His beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mortician but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Shifting hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished club as well. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Thomas is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his youth he was a Bather, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She sports golden long hair. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Vonana wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has no hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Barbena abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her childhood dream was to be a Fisher, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carter for the past few years.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 130 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He very much looks the part of a Sailor. He wears a colorful flower in his gold crest. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears professional attire. She sports white long hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Through the years after Geva was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Geva's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.