Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Bertram was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with violet slacks. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.