Description: This exceptionally lanky man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Shoemaker. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shoemaker responsibilities is difficult; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a great chef.

History: Travok hails from a village terrorized by drow. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His first spouse was a Marshal, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is short and white. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Balam was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Crown-heir. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 7000 sp.