Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears just a black suit. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is braided into rings. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. He wears his chestnut hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Onyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.