Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Bertram wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a grey scarf. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair is wavy and long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Map Maker born in the past three hundred years. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. She struck the Map Maker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has red hair. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Interpreter. He has achieved small success as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her copper crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 21000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). White opal (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Paymon isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paymon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is wearing a long, black cloak. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Debt. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. Jade (80 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are blue.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 120 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She keeps her brass crest in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a Apothecary, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and yellow pants. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Henry was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Azurite (15 gp).