Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson pastel hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shane will drive conversation. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to protect his home

Ideals: Extrovert, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and carries hand crossbows. His green crest is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Ruler mother left him crippled. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. The war was a terrible time for him, and Erky does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When Erky reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern man wears a blue collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Norman alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Barakas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has worked as a Carpenter like his father before him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and balancing his hectic life and new carpenter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.