Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a simple white robe with grey stripes complete with hood, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Zepar was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barber. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 sp. White opal (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a simple yellow robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His tied-back hair is silver. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When Oskar reached his early adolescence his Dwarf 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. He has shaved his head bald. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Baern enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Baern was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Moonstone (80 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: Standing 3'4", this man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his auburn hair up. His eyes are likewise blue.

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. 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: He was born in a small island village. 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 east. He has achieved small success as a Armorer.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Debt. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.