Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Barendd is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Barendd was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp. Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This man wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and carries nunchakus. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair is cut short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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 father raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Revenge; and to be a spy again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.