Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Fargas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Coral (130 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy rusty crest. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a trident, but if one is not available he will default to his monstrous two handed axe. He has a hunchback. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 cp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His silver crest is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born in the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. He became a Mason soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed red hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Ernest was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'10" and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. After months of barely getting by, Ahrim managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 sp.