Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Lance will drive conversation. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 gp. White pearl (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in a small forest village. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Gilthur alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He tends to his Body Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man is dressed in an above average manner. His clothes are grease stained in places. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. A friendly and beautiful Tabaxi, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Quillathe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. She carries a battered shortbow and tarnished scythe as well. With bright silver hair. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She comes from a rich western family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

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

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Hubert was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He became a Stylist soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Stylist responsibilities is difficult; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Sorath was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Hunter. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Ahvain's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in a small plains village. 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 Dyer. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.