Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Bernard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mayor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Barrister, his father struggled to pay the bills. Tim was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. After a long history of fighting, Tim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is silver and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Bernard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Bernard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He became a Dilettante soon after.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: 40000 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He has wavy auburn hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Godfrey abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.