Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a fancy brown suit. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Bertram took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he has a crush on the local bounty hunter

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Rolf lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Rolf alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Healer born in the past three hundred years. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and balancing his hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).