Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Bernard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Rose (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a violet collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, marred by sweets. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Disease, Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a dagger on her belt. Her red hair is cut short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp.