Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and pickaxes. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, she is not a threatening figure. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Eleanor isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is an epitome of beauty. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Agnes is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate.