Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eiravel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Rolen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Fisher, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Sard (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Tharivol lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Tharivol never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and many gnolls want him driven away

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Family, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1700 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Malachite (15 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is braided into rings. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gennal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.