Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Roondar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is an amazing painter.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Roondar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Roondar. Being a Gardener kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He takes great joy in being the best Shoemaker in town.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Coral (140 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His red hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Grumbar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. Grumbar 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Amber (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.