Description: A 4'0" eastern man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He has no hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Baern abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 230 pp. Azurite (6 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 sp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His tied-back hair is brown. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Dayereth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 17000 cp.