Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a black vest and prefers pastel and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Ernest was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but he was a colossal failure. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 10000 cp. Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barkeep who has hired him part-time. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bertram fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a red shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He carries with him a set of maces on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Heward was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his auburn hair down. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a great chef.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp).