Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a tanner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 80 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Barendd liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has worked as a Carpenter like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This woman wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, marred by chocolates. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Vorka was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.