Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Bertram is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Miller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bertram grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bertram. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Spy they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Slave Trader, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the west to a Tailor, Nedda learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tailor for the past few years.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Holy water.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She is a Glassblower first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Orianna was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Orianna's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Glassblower for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and balancing her hectic life and new glassblower responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 40 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With bright golden hair. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age her father died while driving off some drow. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in greatsword use. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is short and black. He wears a mask on his face.

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 Half-Elf in existence. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Manfred was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Seamstress. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 pp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp).