Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her club with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. Her gray fur is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He stands about 4'0" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: She wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks, and is pretty ugly. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

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. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barrister. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 sp. Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His hair is blonde and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Vanuath wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Vanuath took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up scimitar and armor he uses now. He bought a scimitar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To protect his home; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. She has no hair. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is physically well-built. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He worked as a nervous Roofer and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This malnourished woman wears green trousers with violet and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her red crest is greasy and uncared for. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Stableman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 cp.