Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. He is physically well-built. He has no hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Bertram is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears yellow trousers with red and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Jocelyn was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and human compassion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Roland 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. Roland decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Amethyst (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is long and red with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Dean hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Gerard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.