Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Bernard 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: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a sellsword and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Dyer business at a young age. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 Bellfounder. He struck the Bellfounder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Solomon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Solomon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new bounty hunter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 9000 sp. Banded agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He is physically well-built. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

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. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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 feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp).