Description: He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a grey scarf, and carries greatswords. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Bertram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Knight. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This man has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

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. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Full Plate.

Description: This malnourished man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Alex was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ernest grew up listening to his mother's many stories. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Seamstress father left him crippled. He tends to his Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jade (110 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp).