Description: This man wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and grey pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Quarion and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He has no hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Crown-heir who has hired him part-time. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Actor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears professional attire. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Naeris was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Naeris 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. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This northern man is wearing a long, tan cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in a small desert village. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Servant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a longsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears just a black suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

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. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.