Description: This late middle aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is lengthy. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Bertram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Manfred was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and balancing his hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tan vest and prefers violet and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears black trousers with pastel and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Egelina hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 pp.