Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: He was born at the edge of vast island. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle 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 island due to the painful memories there. Bertram took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bricklayer who has hired him part-time. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Actor, but he got bored and became a Dilettante. He became a Dilettante soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dilettante responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heward was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Heward was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Heward's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Simple lock. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Disease. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.