Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is black and very short. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bertram embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Interpreter for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished nunchaku as well. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Chad speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Chad's homeland. Chad decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: An older man who dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Apothecary and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Amethyst (150 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Coral (120 gp).

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is auburn and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insomniac, Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spy

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

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.