Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is content.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again.

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His fur is short and brown. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ethereal will drive conversation. Ethereal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: 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: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man is wearing a long, black cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Xappan was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Farmer. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.