Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and daggers. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bertram grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bertram. Being a Barkeep kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'10" and tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Weaver they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Farmer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Farmer and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available he will default to his glaive. His tied-back hair is silver. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Percival was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Percival's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Percival and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 8000 cp. Black pearl (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Amber (70 gp).