Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Conrad was born with his father's beautiful face. Conrad abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: This man wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a longsword on his belt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a grey vest and prefers blue and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Patrick never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.