Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a red feathered hat and red clothes. His hair is short and white. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Karash was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spy.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a violet vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 340 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: This man wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Wobbles has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 170 gp.