Description: 3'9" and muscular, this northern woman very much looks the part of a Painter. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is a great chef.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. After a long history of fighting, Tiaathque and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. The war was a terrible time for him, and Erevan 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 south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Blacksmith. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered spear and tarnished falchion as well. His tied-back hair is auburn. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp).