Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bertram does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Bertram was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He has a hunchback. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Jade (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Jet (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Elaim was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Cook. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp).

Description: This man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Kâka was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a interpreter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Jet (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Sard (80 gp).