Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a brown shirt with thin red vertical stripes and brown pants. He has moderate length black hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bertram's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, marred by sweets. She has moderate length black hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Dee enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dee was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carter

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

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'2" and tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has moderate length golden hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.