Description: 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 carries with him a set of warhammers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He wears his red hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lance fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Star ruby (800 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His golden hair is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a great chef.

History: Shane was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Gunter was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Cory is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Cory was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Cory decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an entirely blue suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20 pp.