Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this eastern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: Laucian hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 pp. Zircon (30 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.