Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. He has moderate length silver hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 Cook but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Server, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anselm fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has shaved her head bald. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Eleanor was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She struck the Bather job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Theodoric is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dyer

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

Possessions: Just what you see.