Description: A 5'9" southern man, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

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. Bertram is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 18000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple green robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the north to a Soapmaker, Frederick learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Frederick is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Frederick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 sp. White opal (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a red and black robe with the hood down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. The war was a terrible time for him, and Theodoric does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Jeweler. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Jeweler.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Architect work with an outfit from a few towns over. Architect work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Architect responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.