Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Fenriz was born with his father's beautiful face. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: She was born into a rich family. When Mara reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear flannel. He keeps his long white fur kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the west to a Shepherd, Windy learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. During his travels, Windy and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Windy discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Windy fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Amethyst (120 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears baggy brown pantaloons and a violet scarf. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Whurbin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Ralf hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He tends to his Actor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers brown and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his black hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears professional attire. His auburn hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the south to a Interpreter, Harbek learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. He's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp.