Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He has a hunchback. He wears his chestnut hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. After coming to the age of reason, Hoglik took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side, and he perpetually has his crossbow ready. His tied-back hair is white. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Conrad was born with his father's beautiful face. In his youth he was a Roofer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly tridents and hammers. He has done his best to style his gray fur to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Tree was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'4". He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Tordek was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. After a long history of fighting, Tordek and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Architect again; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Emeny grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Emeny. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, marred by sweets. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a longbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 350 gp. Amber (100 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears professional attire. His white hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Trym is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Trym hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Jeweler. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is white and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theriatis grew up listening to his father's many stories. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 gp.