Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has shaved his head bald. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Bertram is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 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: To protect his home; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 sp. Malachite (10 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a hunchback. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Frederick was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Sard (20 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired him part-time. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: A 6'0" northern man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.