Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Rolen has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Pogranix hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He has a very tight haircut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. The war was a terrible time for him, and Thradal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in the south. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 130 gp. Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her golden hair is well kept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Ilanis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, blue shirt, and green tie. She carries a battered lance and tarnished rapier as well. She wears her chestnut hair down. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. The war was a terrible time for her, and Lilith does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lilith grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. She has a hunchback. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 sp. White pearl (160 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: 6'9" and muscular, this northern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 88. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Doctor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 350 gp.