Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bertram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When Bertram reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This western man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has wavy brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Architect hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Architect.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a mercenary again

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Acid flasks. 2 Holy water.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is still thick. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Mundane. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 48000 sp.