Description: 4'9" and muscular, this northern man wears baggy black pantaloons and a pastel scarf. He has wavy golden hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

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 Koeth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1200 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and red robe with the hood down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 340 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp).

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a crush on the local knight

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Eiravel hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He has never given up on his writing dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 pp.