Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a Hunter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Anselm enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Anselm was born with his father's beautiful face. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Hunter and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 17000 cp. 1 Antitoxin. 3 Acid flasks. 4 Holy water.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'11" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the west. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Manfred was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'6". He wears a white tunic with red highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sword. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Priest. He's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50 pp. Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp).