Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Jade (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'10" and tends to wear a large tan jacket. His white hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Aelar hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his chestnut hair up. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nutae is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Priest but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Priest business at a young age. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp).