Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Bertram was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Farmer. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with yellow slacks. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a Gardener, his father struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'1". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Amber (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His first spouse was a Herbalist, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.