Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a dagger on his belt. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy, Fearful. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Mortician, but he got bored and became a Bookbinder. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Butcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Moss agate (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Conrad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished longbow as well. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Odo would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Odo alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Odo was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Smokesticks. 4 Holy water.