Description: A middle-aged man, he wears just a yellow suit, and is pretty ugly. He wears his black hair up. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Bertram liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a flail and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 sp. Red garnet (100 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). White opal (1100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He stands about 4'9" and wears tattered old clothes. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 81. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Quelenna was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a trident on his belt. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Born to a Engraver, his father struggled to pay the bills. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, marred by chocolates. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She uses divination through singing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Avelina took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 22000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She got into the Interpreter business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Carlin 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 Carlin. She struck the Interpreter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 pp. Rose (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. He has achieved small success as a Jeweler.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 sp. Amber (150 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.