Description: He is a husky man, who is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, brown shirt, and black tie. His hair is silver and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She got into the Mercenary business at a young age. Jacoba liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Jade (40 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears dull violet sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Hugolina 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 got money to start a business from the gang present in town. She is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. She has done her best to style her rusty crest to look like a famous performer. 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 is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Jheri reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and violet handkerchief worn on her left side. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Mella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Mella abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Finellen was born the youngest of three triplets. Finellen was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Finellen decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A 5'5" eastern man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has wavy silver hair. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Roland has worked very hard to control his curse. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her rusty crest down. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. A true patriot, Quespa would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Gifted from a young age, Quespa studied abroad. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Quespa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.