Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Bertram was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears white trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He usually wears his blue robe and has his hand crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Clerebold grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 12000 cp.