Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Bertram lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is short and red. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

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 is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Masseuse father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to share knowledge with the world

Flaws: Selfish, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a green tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Jet (130 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'3". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, violet shirt, and tan tie, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gilbert does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He's also a talented Butcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Alchemist’s fire.