Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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, Bertram is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. After a long history of fighting, Bertram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and dresses like a well dressed Ploughman does. His skin is also unnaturally pale. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Ploughman. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He struck the Ploughman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this southern man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Insane. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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. Through the years after Jocelyn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Jocelyn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 110 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.