Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His blue hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bricklayer who has hired him part-time. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a Barrister, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Rolf was born with his father's beautiful face. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has chestnut hair. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Naal was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 pp. Malachite (12 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it and is in decent physical shape. Her long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She comes from a rich western family. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Shifting and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Maiathah wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Gardener. After a long history of fighting, Maiathah and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This western woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her black eyes.

Personality: Pyra is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Scribe but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is purple and curly. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: Manea is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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 always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Manea never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.