Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is portly but not overly obese. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Miner but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Bertram's homeland. Bertram decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Opinionated, Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this western man is dressed in an above average manner. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Ida hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She 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. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a Stableman first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp.