Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is auburn and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Bertram lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Bertram 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Kyle hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Azurite (8 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 23000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Hunter was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Hunter was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Hunter decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 42000 sp. Moss agate (6 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with yellow slacks. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 cp.