Description: He stands about 5'9" and dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with yellow slacks. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Nicholas hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Nicholas was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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 several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His hair is golden and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Norman is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Norman was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Norman's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Hematite (9 gp).

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this eastern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.