Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the east to a Merchant, Rolen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 30 gp. Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortspear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His dark red hair is singed and shortened. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Through the years after Bundrigo was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Bundrigo's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Bundrigo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Banker and was forced into it by his family; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 sp. Carnelian (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. He wears his golden hair up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Bhevek was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.