Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has violet eyes and a tan hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bertram will drive conversation. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Bertram alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his white hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Guy and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's in love; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 sp.