Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He works hard and plays hard.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20000 cp. Red garnet (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has moderate length brown hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a barber and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: Standing 6'0", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears skinny pants and wears a black and blue robe with the hood down. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Anthony enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Anthony was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Anthony was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Navigator. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.