Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Dyer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 30 pp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His gold crest is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1700 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her yellow fur is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She tends to her Mason job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 sp.