Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When Gilbert reached his early adolescence his Human mother 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with red slacks. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Guy is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

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 first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has dyed his greying brown fur a little too much giving a sharp brown color. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 gp. White opal (800 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. He wears his purple hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Balam hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 13000 sp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).