Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Cory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

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. His auburn hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. His fur is red and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: An older man who sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his brown hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.