Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her broad grey hat.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 cp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She has wavy white hair. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Carlin is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Carlin was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his silver hair up. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Dyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.