Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. The war was a terrible time for him, and Baern does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Slave, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 sp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His tied-back hair is brown. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Dayereth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. His brown fur is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Three lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a halberd and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Half-Plate.