Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: The child of a Farmer, who enjoyed hunting, Bertram was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Bertram took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. He's also a talented Farmer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Jade (60 gp).

Description: This southern man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length white hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Bernard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Bernard was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mason. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Aldous was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Aldous and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears an entirely white suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 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: He comes from a rich western family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Seamstress hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to protect his home

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp.