Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bertram does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. After coming to the age of reason, Bertram took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has blonde hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Charles was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has violet eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Animal Trainer business.

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. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A freak accident while working with his Sellsword mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.