Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A true patriot, Bertram would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Bertram has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her red fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is short and blue. He has a dull look in his silver eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: The child of a Engraver, who enjoyed hunting, Cairn was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a roofer and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gorga was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Superior lock. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with tan slacks. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Roywyn lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spy hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Laborer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Spy, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Jasper (40 gp).

Description: A 6'2" eastern woman, she wears professional attire. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Ekk is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Ekk lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Silk rope.