Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered gnolls who tried to eat his hand. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Erdan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Coral (40 gp).

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 spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Vepar was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mayor. She has achieved small success as a Mayor.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a flattop hair cut. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: This eastern man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Chay was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has a crush on the local ploughman

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats, and carries greatswords. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Felosial was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 sp. Zircon (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a large white jacket. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1500 sp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is brown and very short. She has gray eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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 Shipwright, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.