Description: He stands about 5'10" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Engraver. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is lengthy. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Bertram alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1800 gp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 70 pp. Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1100 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She is physically well-built. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Veloptima abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.