Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in the south. Rathkran was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Masseuse. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Naal liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blue crest is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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 has worked as a Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears grey trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

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. 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: Baern lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 370 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A freak accident while working with her Slave Trader mother left her crippled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, green shirt, and brown tie. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for her, and Pyxrin does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 50 gp.