Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. His silver hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Bertram took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and white tie, and is pretty ugly. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Peter will drive conversation. A true patriot, Peter would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Peter was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Peter was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Carpenter. He has worked as a Carpenter like his mother before him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large violet jacket. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. A true patriot, Justin would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Justin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.