Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Bertram was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Bertram's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he usually wears his grey robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A gifted student he started as a Merchant, but he got bored and became a Fletcher. He struck the Fletcher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and violet workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. Her hair is golden and curly. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, grey cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. His white hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has achieved small success as a Priest.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 24000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gray fur. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a hunchback. His fur is short and gray. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Skirt reached his early adolescence his Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears professional attire. She sports silver long hair. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She tends to her Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.