Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Helen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp).

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a tan top hat and tan clothes. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He worked as a nervous Navigator and found it very stressful. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has wavy golden hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, John never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Sarah embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. The war was a terrible time for her, and Sarah does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Sarah and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp).