Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is physically well-built. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Alexandrite (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a black scarf. He is physically well-built. His red fur, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of a Beggar, who enjoyed hunting, Two Llamas was taken on many hunting expeditions. He worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a black collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Alvyn was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Alvyn decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.