Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

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. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 30 pp. Banded agate (9 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His white hair is long and unkept. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

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. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Sardonyx (30 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is a Succubi in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad yellow hat.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of a Barkeep, who enjoyed hunting, Balimaar was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Ploughman. He has achieved small success as a Ploughman.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.