Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Bertram is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Priest; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 80 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: This man wears a green deerstalker hat and green clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is short and auburn. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Odo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and warhammers. He wears his red hair up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has no hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Kyle embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kyle was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After a long history of fighting, Kyle and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp.