Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Theren liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His golden hair is lengthy. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Body Guard uniform. He carries with him a set of warhammers, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Amber (60 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with pastel slacks. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30000 cp. Sard (70 gp).