Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a great chef.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A freak accident while working with his Barkeep father left him crippled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Hematite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Jillian was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. He carries a battered axe and tarnished pickaxe as well. His chestnut hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He has worked as a Mortician like his mother before him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is a husky man, who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His silver hair is cut short. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

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 was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Jabbie never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.