Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is typically in his Guard uniform. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Kody and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older man who has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is thinning but still full. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 Masseuse. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Masseuse.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A 6'0" southern man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Ralf was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He enjoys reading and quiet.

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 couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.