Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Ernest hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. At a young age his mother died while driving off some gnolls. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in pickaxe use. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He has a very tight haircut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Richard 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 brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Smokesticks. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. He wears his blonde hair up. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born into a rich family. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a violet costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His red hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born into a rich family. Randal liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).