Description: This light-skinned male is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Actor, his father struggled to pay the bills. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bertram was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is short and brown. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Arha was born the youngest of three triplets. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This man tends to wear a large blue jacket. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has brown hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 170 pp.

Description: He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished pickaxe as well. He has red hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.