Description: He wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is chestnut and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Mercenary. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the west to a Mercenary, Justin learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. At some point he was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp. Onyx (30 gp). White opal (800 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'4" and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He wears his blonde hair up. He is baby faced.

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 is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has wavy blonde hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Shane liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'11" and wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Glassblower profession.

History: Patrick was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Holy water. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Smokesticks.