Description: 6'5" and muscular, this northern man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His tied-back hair is brown. His ears are large.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Aldous was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Military, Debt. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 7 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is short and silver. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to 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, Arnold is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He carries a battered club and tarnished flail as well. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has moderate length white hair. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Norman was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Architect, but he got bored and became a Layabout. 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: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

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