Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Malachite (15 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'1" and wears a brown vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, marred by chocolates. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, John was taken on many hunting expeditions. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3200 sp. Iolite (40 gp). Jet (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp.