Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'3" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is physically well-built. Her brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Havilar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has cinnamon fur. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Cask 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. Cask 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. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Everburning torch.