Description: This man is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. 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 takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: 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; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple pastel robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 130 pp. Hematite (6 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and many drow want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Quarion wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Quarion was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Quarion's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is black and curly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting gnolls, the young Heian began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.