Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He usually wears his violet robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Seamstress first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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, Erdan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Erdan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has achieved small success as a Seamstress.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1900 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He got into the Server business at a young age. Soveliss abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a bellfounder again

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), he is not a threatening figure. His hair is long and golden with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a hammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His white hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Miner like his mother before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp).