Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his chestnut hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Soapmaker, but he got bored and became a Mortician. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length blue hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Thamuz was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a simple blue robe with green stripes complete with hood. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was born in the north. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. After a long history of fighting, Shane and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.