Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is an epitome of beauty. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a white coat with tan slacks. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.