Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. He has black hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gunter does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gunter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Human compassion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

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 has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and wears a black vest and prefers brown and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Gerard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gerard hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and pastel robe with the hood down. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. The war was a terrible time for him, and Roger does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1300 gp.