Description: This man wears professional attire, and sports empty pouches on his belt. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Bernard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Bernard hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and he perpetually has his axe ready. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'11" western man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 pp. Hematite (15 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He has wavy white hair. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 gp.