Description: This man very much looks the part of a Mercenary, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his black hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Hunter hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mercenary.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a spear on her belt. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'9" and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Maynild will drive conversation. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Maynild was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Maynild was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Animal Trainer. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Banded agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp.