Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses like a well dressed Animal Trainer does. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Rolen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Animal Trainer like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his silver hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 sp. Eye agate (12 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Jeweler.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2800 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and blue pants, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Nutae 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. Nutae 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. After months of barely getting by, Nutae managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Rael alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.