Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hugh studied abroad. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Hugh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Don hails from a village terrorized by drow. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. 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. Don fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, and he perpetually has his longbow ready. His hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. 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 Herbalist. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Adam learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He tends to his Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To protect his home; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 gp.