Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'6". He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats, and his gloved hand is found clutching a hammer. He wears his chestnut hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. After a long history of fighting, Bertram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and very much looks the part of a Bowyer. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Peter is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bowyer business.

History: Peter was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is physically well-built. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Balimaar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: A 5'9" western man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. 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: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 pp.