Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his auburn hair up. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Zircon (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Butcher first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Uthemar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Job, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His red hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Burgell was born the youngest of three triplets. When Burgell reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Krimmon was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Revenge; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She very much looks the part of a Herbalist. Her long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Mardred reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a brown collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Windy was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has worked as a Bather like his father before him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 130 gp.