Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He has blue eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He has wavy brown hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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, Jocelyn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Jocelyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has wavy white hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished nunchaku as well. He has golden hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Roger hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Soapmaker. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.