Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Gardain was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Kyle was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature falchion.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Actor, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Bather.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.