Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is short and white. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Bertram is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'9" and wears a green shirt with thin red vertical stripes and tan pants. Her chestnut hair is cut short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Katherine is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Katherine alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Katherine was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 sp.