Description: Standing 5'3", this man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Anselm speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Anselm was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barrister. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a blue shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears his golden hair up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Shane alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Religious, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Peridot (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His head has been shaved. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers white and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Bertram alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 sp. Red garnet (130 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Lance hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.