Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Stylist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a blue collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His eyes are blue.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Pink pearl (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His white crest is knotted and matted. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mugrunden fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Nature, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and he perpetually has his mace ready. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Adrik was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 15th 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 since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.