Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. He has a hunchback. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green wide-brimmed hat and green clothes. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished sword as well. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has moderate length blonde hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Aerdeth reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an entirely white suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His white hair is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the east to a Dyer, Dabbledob learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dabbledob was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and he perpetually has his warhammer ready. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naill fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 pp. Fire opal (500 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (80 gp).