Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is silver and curly. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears just a green suit. His hair is white and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Nicholas alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Heward lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with grey slacks. He has no hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 6 Acid flasks.