Description: He is lean but muscular and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail. His hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gerard was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is typically in his Butcher uniform. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Rolf lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2300 sp. Malachite (8 gp). Jet (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has moderate length black hair. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Gerard was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Soapmaker. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a very tight haircut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Debt, Job, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.