Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Layabout but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was a Guard, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Chad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. His red hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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-brother.

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. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Helen was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Fearful. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40000 cp.