Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a brown collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Arannis's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Arannis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Blue quartz (11 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Bricklayer. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He struck the Bricklayer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Erevan was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).