Description: This late middle aged man wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Bertram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: Ernest lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Theodoric was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has worked as a Fletcher like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fletcher responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Peridot (70 gp). Coral (130 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.