Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear flannel. His fur is red and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Malachite (15 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: 3'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Fibblestib grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Gnome Warrior who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 39000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dworic studied abroad. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shepherd but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the west. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. He has worked as a Shepherd like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his red hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. After a long history of fighting, Bertram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp.