Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is long and unkept. He is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His black hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. His hair is blonde and very short. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 sp. Jet (80 gp).

Description: Standing 5'6", this man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady white eyes.

Personality: Mantus hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jade (130 gp).

Description: This man dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 310 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is white and very short. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Arumawann was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 50 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Hunter for hire.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ootah isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ootah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ootah was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.