Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a blue broad hat and blue clothes. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Charles was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Charles 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Charles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Don was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Weaver. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 20 pp.