Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is physically well-built. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear flannel. His fur is short and gray. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 17000 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Sard (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Coral (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Jet (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. His rusty crest is singed and shortened. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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 at the edge of vast desert. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a yellow coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head, he is not a threatening figure. His silver crest is heavily combed to the left. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Vrondiss was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His hair is red and curly. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 120 gp.