Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He has wavy white hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: Bertram lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Bertram has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Beatrice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears just a red suit. Her hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small red clips. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Emeny and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. The war was a terrible time for her, and Maynild does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). White pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.