Description: An older man who wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Alex was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 19000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sword, but if one is not available he will default to his longsword. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and he perpetually has his greatsword ready. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Manfred hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Cook kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 24000 sp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.