Description: This exceptionally lanky man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: Bernard was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and human compassion

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears professional attire. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the west. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears baggy brown pantaloons and a green scarf. He has wavy auburn hair. His face is scarred and worn.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Performer business.

History: Born in the north to a Performer, Ralf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man usually wears his tan robe and has his whip always slung over his shoulder. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Holy water. 1 Smokesticks.