Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Cartwright. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gennal grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has worked as a Cartwright like his mother before him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears bulky black painted plate armor. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'9". He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with pastel slacks. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 4'7" western man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. 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: He wants revenge against dire rats; and money/treasure

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp.