Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears baggy tan pantaloons and a grey scarf. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Bertram was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Layabout. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She carries with her a set of ceremonial daggers on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She has slicked back red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Ida was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on her right side. With bright blonde hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A true patriot, Joan would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She worked as a nervous Sellsword and found it very stressful. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to be a marshal again

Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 cp. Amber (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Rolf took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.