Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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

History: Rael was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Rael 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black opal (1600 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 12000 sp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a green feathered hat and green clothes. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Eiravel has worked very hard to control his curse. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his golden hair up. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the east to a Dilettante, Peren learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1700 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ahvain does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in the north to a Mason, Ahvain learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mason.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.