Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has wavy auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Don is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Don enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Don was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist, Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple black robe with violet stripes complete with hood. His white hair is braided into rings. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 20000 cp. Black pearl (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears an entirely grey suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He got into the Adventurer business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but he was a colossal failure. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to protect his home

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a Layabout first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Norman lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Norman has worked very hard to control his curse. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp.