Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: This man wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has shaved his head bald. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Bertram was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Bertram alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2200 sp. Moonstone (40 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears tattered old clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is lean but muscular and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Amber (50 gp).