Description: This malnourished man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 900 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small green clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Beggar. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He got into the Beggar business at a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bowyer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Beggar, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and doesn't want to be a beggar and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Healer, who enjoyed hunting, Bertram was taken on many hunting expeditions. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature falchion.

Motivation: Human compassion; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He uses divination through singing.

History: Richard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).