Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gerald was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 40 pp. Jet (80 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Through the years after Skirt was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Skirt's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his hammer. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 sp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Rael was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who very much looks the part of a Marshal, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Pelaios was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bowyer. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sekhmet was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Sekhmet has worked very hard to control her curse. She has achieved small success as a Banker.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 cp. Star ruby (500 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. With wild white hair. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Malachite (4 gp).