Description: This man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His first spouse was a Barrister, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20 pp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner, and carries shortspears. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Balimaar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He struck the Carpenter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf, marred by teas. His hair is blonde and very short. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).