Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with red slacks. His red hair is still thick. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Dustin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carter. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to raise his children well

Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has wavy white hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. A true patriot, Simon would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Simon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Simon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is braided into rings. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the west to a Sailor, Theobald learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants, and carries warhammers. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp.