Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Darrak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has wavy white hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Tenena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He uses divination through singing.

History: Balimaar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of a Junk Dealer, who enjoyed hunting, Sapply was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Buckler.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her tied-back hair is white. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Symma reached her early adolescence her Gnome 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her fur is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He stands about 4'8" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He became a Barrister soon after.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Bonds: In love, Job, Slave, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has wavy auburn hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 gp.