Description: This late middle aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. 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. Being a Animal Trainer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Violet garnet (1600 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Interpreter. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Interpreter; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100000 cp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He works hard and plays hard.

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. Adran was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Adran decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses like a well dressed Stableman does, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has wavy red hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Ahvain was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is content; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 sp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).