Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with black slacks. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a great chef.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Lûgnak was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Carter for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is auburn and very short. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He wears just a green suit. His crest is scarlet and very short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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 to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The war was a terrible time for her, and Eridred does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 pp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt, and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Claira 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 was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp. Azurite (8 gp).

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a flail on her belt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This northern woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Spring was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.