Description: This dark-skinned male wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Naeris was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Assassin. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Gennal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. His brown hair is braided into rings. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 pp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp).