Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age his father died while driving off some illithids. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in falchion use. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her brown hair up. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10 pp. Red garnet (80 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Mary and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Yvonne was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.