Description: He has a missing left leg. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears tattered old clothes. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Cory hails from a village terrorized by drow. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered drow who tried to eat his hand. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against drow

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: An older man who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90 pp. Fire opal (400 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he usually wears his brown robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears green trousers with brown and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 5000 sp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).